This Month
Dutton walks back migration target until after election
Peter Dutton has stepped away from a previous commitment to cut net migration to 160,000.
- Julie Hare
So, you want to retire to Tuscany?
The idea of moving to Italy is alluring for retirees – la dolce vita, the food, the wine, the beauty, the prices. Just check these practicalities first.
- Sian Powell
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
Tradies to join yoga instructors on core migration skills list
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the federal government was moving to address critical shortages, including in new home construction.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
November
- Exclusive
- University
‘I’m not going to say no to a nice salary’: outgoing Melbourne Uni boss
Duncan Maskell rejects criticism of million-dollar pay packets for vice chancellors, hits back at claims there are too many overseas students, and insists a university education should be free.
- Julie Hare
Want to visit the UK? It’s about to get a lot more painful
From January 8, any Australian visiting the UK will need a visa – even for a short holiday or an airport transit.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- International students
They came in their millions, now voters are fed up
Half of all Australians say migration is too high and politicians are hearing that message loud and clear.
- Julie Hare
Student bed developers look beyond Sydney, Melbourne as market matures
Demand remains strong in the two largest cities, but the purpose-built accommodation sector is looking more widely for cheaper sites.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- International students
Labor could use legal loophole to cap student numbers
The federal government’s bid to limit the foreign intake failed. But it already has legislation that allows it to do exactly that.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
Chinese social media users slam foreign student chaos
Students and university leaders are digesting what the blocking of student caps legislation mean for them.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign students row is political kryptonite
The government accuses Peter Dutton of hypocrisy for rejecting its foreign student caps, but the Opposition Leader is not about to do Labor any favours this close to an election.
- Jennifer Hewett
Dutton vows ‘deeper cuts’ to student enrolments, migration numbers
The opposition leader says Labor’s management of migration has been an “onshore disaster”, but he has declined to detail the Coalition’s policy.
- Tom McIlroy and Julie Hare
Trump to use military for ‘largest mass deportation’ in US history
The president-elect confirmed his intention to use the US military to carry out what he has vowed will be the largest mass deportation in US history.
- Charlie Savage and Michael Gold
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign student cap plan’s collapse is a sign of the times
Migration is gaining momentum as a policy area voters want the government to deal with. And politicians are tapping into the zeitgeist.
- Julie Hare
Unis, colleges brace for chaos after foreign student cap plan blocked
The $51 billion international education sector is bracing for a new wave of student visa rejections after the government’s signature migration plan was killed off.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
Politicians don’t want migrants but they do need workers
Neither major party has managed immigration well. That has not stopped Peter Dutton from making an election issue out of it.
- Laura Tingle
- Analysis
- Antisemitism
The meaning of Amsterdam’s ‘Jew Hunt’
Recent street violence in Amsterdam reveals profound changes in how the left and right deal with antisemitism. For European Jews, it’s a strange new world.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Migration at record highs as political pressure builds
Overseas students, New Zealanders and backpackers continue to flock to Australia, inflating net migration numbers to historical highs.
- Updated
- Julie Hare and Gus McCubbing
‘Maybe we can use Zeppelins’: Australia’s missing infrastructure links
Solar panels and wind turbines crucial to Australia’s energy transition are piling up at a key port because the nation does not have the infrastructure to move them.
- Jenny Wiggins
Former head of immigration enforcement named US ‘border tsar’
Tom Homan was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border and Trump’s pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in US history.
- Jill Colvin
Migration policy hijacked by unis and bureaucrats: McKenzie
Bridget McKenzie says Australia’s debate on migration needs refocusing; Malcolm Turnbull’s former son-in-law James Brown to run against Teal MP. Follow live updates.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
