This Month
Online lectures at double speed: what uni is really like in 2024
Domestic students are being held back and international students aren’t getting what they need, says one expert. Universities know this. Why aren’t they doing more?
- Gus McCubbing and Julie Hare
Fast-track regional migration moves mooted
Labor has flagged abolishing occupation lists for immigrants looking to settle in regional areas.
- Tom McIlroy
Skilled refugees could unlock $9b in extra GDP
Maths graduate Wissam Chabo applied for 100 jobs before getting work in a local cafe. Research shows skilled migrants are badly underutilised, even during Australia’s skills shortage.
- Euan Black
- Analysis
- Property prices
Australians aren’t alone in their housing pain
Affordability and supply have become big issues in the US as immigration and high interest rates further strain the market – a scenario all too familiar in Australia.
- Matthew Cranston
Set an ATAR-style uni entrance score for foreign students: Rizvi
If international students had to get a minimum grade to win a place – as domestic applicants already have to – fewer would be able to rort the visa system.
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- US election
Trump, Biden switch election battle to capture middle America
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are starting to give some ground to catch the all-important voters in the centre who are still not convinced about either candidate.
- Matthew Cranston
Employee-starved businesses likely to bypass migrant caps: report
Businesses are likely to recruit workers from New Zealand and working holidaymakers, a major report says, avoiding moves by Labor and the Coalition to cut Australia’s permanent skilled migration intake.
- Tom McIlroy and Julie Hare
Migration finally turns a corner as reforms bite
Net migration hit a record high of 547,000 in 2023, but in the last three months of the year numbers started heading in the opposite direction.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why the government is desperate to cut immigration
There are many reasons for Australia’s inadequate housing supply, but a population jumping by 2.5 per cent a year obviously compounds the immediate problem.
- Jennifer Hewett
House prices would barely fall under Dutton’s migration plan: Grattan
Peter Dutton’s plan to slash migration would have long-term economic consequences, but little bearing on house prices and rentals, says the Grattan Institute.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
2000 jobs lost in foreign education sector the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The Albanese government’s migration cuts have triggered staff cutbacks at colleges and recruitment firms, and at least one university has imposed a hiring freeze.
- Julie Hare
Dutton spruiks gas and nuclear to win back Victoria
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has used a speech in Melbourne to spruik gas and nuclear energy while attacking the teals, Daniel Andrews – and Sydney University.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Giles junks Direction 99, seeks end to immigration saga
The opposition says the changes to Ministerial Directive 99 do not go far enough and is vowing tougher action if elected.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
More voters considering Coalition than 18 months ago: Dutton
The opposition leader has partly pinned the shift on Labor’s response to anti-Semitism; Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says a new ministerial direction on visas prioritises public safety. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum
Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
Hasty immigration cuts may escalate crises
Readers letters on proposed immigration cuts; Bill Shorten’s handling of the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and the productivity push
Biden imposes sweeping measures to bar migrants at Mexican border
The new restrictions are expected to trigger legal challenges from immigrant and civil rights groups who have criticised Biden for adopting Trump-like policies.
- Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg
- Opinion
- Opinion
Migration is our ‘special sauce’, so let’s be rational about it
We should be honest about failed housing policy, thoughtful about changing the international student mix, and not shunt blame onto migrants.
- Allegra Spender
Biden to get power to seal US border in tough immigration move
A surge in border crossings from Mexico has become a potent political issue for the president and rival Donald Trump ahead of the November 5 election.
- Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Use partner migrants to fill skills shortages, experts say
Thousands of potential skilled workers are already in Australia, as secondary skilled migrants face lengthy wait times for visa processing.
- Tom McIlroy
