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As processing times for some parent immigration visas balloon out to almost 30 years, the families hoping to be reunited for good are left in limbo

There are growing calls for changes in Australia’s parent visa system.

Peter Mares is a fellow at the Centre for Policy Development, an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism and a moderator at Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership.

With a rise in homelessness and younger Australians locked out of an inflated housing market, what is the way forward for Australia? By David Halliday, Peter Mares, John Falzon, Nicola Nemaric, Rae Dufty-Jones

Yet some of the report’s key recommendations rest on faulty assumptions and outdated economic thinking. It relies on a misplaced belief that the market will respond to low-income households’ need for affordable housing. Its faith in deregulation as a cure-all is misguided.

The city of Hanoi may revive regular loudspeaker broadcasts, which were routine before most people had TVs or internet access. Residents are wary of bringing them back.

In one week’s time, on Thursday 23 June, Victoria’s business and community leaders will sleep out together at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne on one...

Sexual politics is difficult terrain for young people to navigate. Desire, threat and insecurity are a powerful combination in the most benign circums

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content Mark Lucas, the chairman of the peak lobby for education agents working in Australia called the “reinstate the link between international students and immigration” to reinvigorate the edu-migration industry. “Australia can’t survive without migration. Our birth rate is getting to below replacement levels”… “So why not have students who you can assess while they are studying? And when they’ve finished, you can say, ‘yes, you are edu...