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What is Dan Tehan and the Coalition offering on asylum seeker policy?

What is Dan Tehan and the Coalition offering on asylum seeker policy?
tuesday 3

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Dutton’s contempt for migration law and policy detail

Dutton’s contempt for migration law and policy detail
15.01.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Dutton’s immigration numbers don’t stack up

Having made bold promises to reduce immigration in his 2024-25 budget reply speech and in a radio interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham the next day,...

12.12.2024 40

The New Daily

Abul Rizvi

Dutton scrambling on immigration levels

Having made bold promises to reduce immigration in his 2024-25 Budget reply speech and in a radio interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham the next day,...

10.12.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Trump's anti-immigration fuelled victory will inspire Dutton

Peter Dutton and the Murdoch press are celebrating Trump's anti-immigration fuelled victory. Login or signup to continue reading While he may not...

12.11.2024 4

Canberra Times

Abul Rizvi

Dutton’s failure on border protection

Peter Dutton and the Murdoch press are celebrating Trump’s anti-immigration fuelled victory. While he may not use Trump’s extreme language such as...

11.11.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Jason Clare is wrong on net migration and student caps

In a speech at the Australian Education International (AEI) conference, Education Minister Jason Clare is reported to have told the audience that...

29.10.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

No Peter, they're not the new boat arrivals. But we're facing some real problems

Peter Dutton has said overseas students appealing visa refusals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) are the "modern version of boat...

29.09.2024 2

The Examiner

Abul Rizvi

No Peter, they're not the new boat arrivals. But we're facing some real problems

Peter Dutton has said overseas students appealing visa refusals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) are the "modern version of boat...

29.09.2024 3

Canberra Times

Abul Rizvi

Dutton's 'captain's call' on Palestinian refugees is deplorable

Australia has a long and proud history of assisting people fleeing war and conflict. Login or signup to continue reading The degree and type of...

16.08.2024 1

The Examiner

Abul Rizvi

Dutton's 'captain's call' on Palestinian refugees is deplorable

Australia has a long and proud history of assisting people fleeing war and conflict. Login or signup to continue reading The degree and type of...

16.08.2024 2

Canberra Times

Abul Rizvi

Has Australia turned its back on assisting people fleeing war/conflict?

Australia has a long and proud history of assisting people fleeing war and conflict. The degree and type of assistance we have provided has varied...

15.08.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Working holiday makers – the ignored contributors to net migration

In the white-hot debate about the blow out in net migration and targeting of the student contribution to net migration, the contribution of Working...

12.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Are race riots an inevitable consequence of the politicisation of asylum seekers?

Apart from the Cronulla riots of 2005, multicultural Australia has largely avoided the kind of race riots currently taking place in the UK. Login...

09.08.2024 1

Canberra Times

Abul Rizvi

Do 84 percent of overseas students go home?

Much has been made by the International Education Industry of a 2023-24 Treasury estimate that 84 percent of overseas students go home . Apart from...

06.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Did O’Neil and Giles fail to fix our immigration system?

The media and politicians are inevitably arguing Albanese’s decision to move Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles and replace them with Tony Burke at...

31.07.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Did O'Neil and Giles fail to fix our immigration system?

The media and politicians are inevitably arguing Anthony Albanese's decision to move Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles and replace them with Tony Burke...

31.07.2024 3

The Examiner

Abul Rizvi

Did O'Neil and Giles fail to fix our immigration system?

The media and politicians are inevitably arguing Anthony Albanese's decision to move Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles and replace them with Tony Burke...

31.07.2024 2

Canberra Times

Abul Rizvi

The Coalition’s home affairs experiment was doomed to fail. Tony Burke has a huge job on his hands

The Turnbull government’s creation of a Department of Home Affairs “super” portfolio in 2017 – incorporating various national security and...

30.07.2024 20

The Guardian

Abul Rizvi

Republican immigration policies foretell mass deportations, tent cities and razor wire

The Republican Party are intent on making immigration their key issue in the forthcoming US Election. The 2024 Republican Party platform and...

24.07.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi

Net movement of Australian Citizens reverses in 2023-24

A much under-reported part of net migration is the net movement (short-term and long-term) of Australian citizens. At 37,380, a new record for the...

17.07.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Abul Rizvi