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Current research seems to settle on a limit for our population of “less than 30 million”. We are heading for a train wreck at the present rate of growth.

A bisexual Iranian refugee who is at the centre of a case before the High Court faces certain prosecution and the death penalty if Australia deports him, the National Union of Students Queer Officers claimed.

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The Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) program is expected to go live in the coming weeks – a promise by the Labor government to draw 3000 eligible citizens from across the Blue Pacific nations of the region and Timor-Leste for permanent residency in Australia. But the proposal has not been without co...

Why are there so many Māori in Australia? Because many have no choice but to leave New Zealand.

Any prospect of thinking through the problem posed to Australia by refugees, I suspect, became impossible many years ago. This week, we’re confronted with the latest of thousands of tragedies: three-year-old Tharnicaa Murugappan, apparently with sepsis caused by untreated pneumonia, medically evacuated from Christmas Island, where she’s been living with her parents and older sister since late 2019.

Australia Passes Bill That Allows Government to Indefinitely Detain Refugees and Asylum Seekers The indefinite detention of refugees is illegal under international law. Why Global Citizens Should Care The number of days an individual is typically held in Australian detention centres has grown from under 100 in 2013 to over 600 in 2020. People seeking refuge in Australia are often trying to escape poverty, conflict or persecution. Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, i...

Premium Content Subscriber only Anthony Albanese stopped in Rockhampton on Saturday to meet about 40 constituents at Bartletts Tavern on Kent Street and talk Labor policy. With him were Rockhampton MP Barry ORourke, Queensland Senator Murray Watt, and Labors federal candidate for Capricornia, Russell Robertson. Applause greeted the Labor leader, who stayed for perhaps 10 minutes and spoke about housing, workforce casualisation, the decline of real wages, and Mr Robertsons candidacy. There w...

2021-05-14 03:05:52 GMT2021-05-14 11:05:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English CANBERRA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Australian parliament has passed laws that give the government the power to detain refugees indefinitely. The governing coalition and opposition Labor Party on Thursday joined forces to vote the Migration Amendment Bill into law. The laws give the government the power to detain indefinitely refugees who have had their visas canceled but cannot be returned to their country of origin be...

The new laws are directed at unlawful citizens housed in immigration detention who cannot return to their home countries because of a risk of persecution or serious harm.