Immigration
Opinion
Opinion
Immigration cuts only work if women have more babies. Dutton knows they won’t
Our real population problem is not one of excess. Birth rates are declining.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Analysis
Sydney house prices
The truth about immigration and Sydney’s housing crisis
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to make immigration a key policy in the next election. But its effects on Sydney’s rental and house prices is complicated.
- by Matt Wade
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Population
Shadow treasurer says working smarter will make up for deep migration cuts
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor argues that industrial relations changes will help boost the economy.
- by Shane Wright
PM points finger at Coalition over release of former detainee
Anthony Albanese has sought to shield his government from further backlash over a former immigration detainee now charged with murder.
- by Andrew Probyn
Slain man’s brother says system failed, as opposition blames minister for release
Bosco Minyurano was stabbed at Acacia Ridge, allegedly by a man released from immigration detention seven weeks earlier.
- by Bailey Kenzie and Andrew Probyn
Shadow treasurer changes script on Dutton’s immigration cuts
Angus Taylor stated a different net overseas migration target to Peter Dutton’s announcement last week. The government labelled the shadow treasurer’s comments “shambolic”.
- by Rachel Clun and Olivia Ireland
Opinion
Peter Dutton
Something truly strange is happening when Dutton wants to slash immigration
The unaffordability of home ownership is a good issue for the election campaign, but Peter Dutton is drawing a long bow in linking it to immigration.
- by Ross Gittins
After 20 years, I finally returned to the Kenyan refugee camp I’d left for a new life
I went from being a 17-year-old who appreciated a glass of water to a clichéd Melburnian coffee snob who needs three cups a day.
- by Nyadol Nyuon
‘Ringing alarm bells’: Business panic mounting on Dutton’s migration numbers
The opposition leader’s plans to cut net migration to 160,000 – a figure 100,000 less than next year’s forecast – has horrified Australia’s business lobby.
- by David Crowe
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Murder accused released from immigration detention a month ago
The 29-year-old was freed into the community after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal decided he was “now a low risk of reoffending”.
- by Andrew Probyn and Bailey Kenzie
Letters
Letters
Cutting migration is one thing Peter Dutton but it isn’t a housing policy
Readers react to the housing shortage and the opposition leader’s vision for Australia as stated in his budget reply.