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Test For Migrants Slated For Overhaul

Test for migrants slated for overhaul Paul Maley The Australian August 29, 2008 JOHN Howard's citizenship test for new migrants, long lampooned for its emphasis on testing arcane historical facts, is flawed, discriminatory and set for a major overhaul. The … Continue reading

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Farmers Furious Over New Labour Restrictions

Farmers furious over new labour restrictions By Mitchell Hall National Business Review Tuesday August 26 2008 – 03:35pm The Department of Labour has tightened up requirements for recruitment of qualified farm workers from overseas, right at the start of the … Continue reading

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UK Worker Keeps Job–From Adelaide

UK worker keeps job – from Adelaide Article from: The Advertiser CHARLES MIRANDA, LONDON August 16, 2008 12:30am A COUNCIL worker will keep his job in England despite living 17,000km away in South Australia. That is all thanks to the … Continue reading

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Record Immigration Adds To Australian Housing Woes

Record Immigration Adds to Australian Housing Woes By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 August 2008 Real estate experts warn Australia faces an acute shortage of affordable housing as immigration reaches record levels. There are estimates that Australia needs to build an … Continue reading

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Asylum Pilgrims To Face Law: George Pell

Asylum pilgrims to face law: George Pell Lex Hall and Nicola Berkovic The Australian August 13, 2008 CARDINAL George Pell says it is “not entirely unexpected” that up to 20 World Youth Day pilgrims have claimed asylum in Australia. The … Continue reading

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Pope Pilgrims Seek Australia Home

Pope pilgrims seek Australia home BBC NEWS August 13, 2008 More than 100,000 Pilgrims came to see Pope Benedict XVI in Australia About 20 Catholic pilgrims, in Australia since the July visit of Pope Benedict XVI, have applied for asylum, … Continue reading

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World Youth Day Pilgrims Apply For Asylum

World Youth Day pilgrims apply for asylum Nicola Berkovic The Australian August 12, 2008 AT least 18 pilgrims who arrived in the country for World Youth Day have applied for asylum. Most are from African nations, including Zimbabwe, Burundi and … Continue reading

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Rogue College Faces Melbourne Audit

Rogue college faces Melbourne audit Chris Johnston The Age August 12, 2008 A NOTORIOUS trades college for international students that has been the subject of a federal immigration investigation in NSW may be forced to shut its lucrative Melbourne operation. … Continue reading

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Refugee Lawyer Shortage At Crisis Level, Says Authority (N.Z.)

Refugee lawyer shortage at crisis level, says authority Radio New Zealand Updated at 8:25pm on 12 August 2008 A shortage of lawyers for refugee appeals has reached “near crisis levels”, says a government review board. The Refugee Status Appeals Authority … Continue reading

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Overseas Students Flout Work Rules

Overseas students flout work rules Richard Kerbaj The Australian August 11, 2008 INTERNATIONAL students are making a mockery of immigration laws by flouting visa conditions which limit them to 20-hour working weeks, with those driving taxis in Victoria clocking up … Continue reading

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Population Bombshell

Population bombshell SUE NEALES Chief reporter Mercury August 08, 2008 12:00am TASMANIA must develop ways of boosting its population and setting growth targets, opposition parties and business leaders said yesterday. They called for an urgent debate on a population target. … Continue reading

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Romanticism Is At The Heart Of Multiculturalism

Romanticism is at the roots of multiculturalism August 05, 2008 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, in The Sydney Morning Herald, on how moral equivalence allows fanaticism to flourish in our midst: I WAS not born in the West. I was raised with … Continue reading

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Brumby ‘Blaming’ Migrants

Brumby 'blaming' migrants David Rood The Age August 2, 2008 PREMIER John Brumby has been accused of blaming migrants for the pressures caused by the state's booming population in an Opposition attack that has fuelled debate on how many migrants … Continue reading

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Criminals Get Permits To Fill Skills Shortage

Criminals get permits to fill skills shortage By COLIN ESPINER The Press, New Zealand Saturday, 02 August 2008 Convicted criminals are being allowed into New Zealand on work permits because of the country's shortage of skilled workers. The Press has … Continue reading

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Iraqis Brought To Australia: Fitzgibbon

Iraqis brought to Australia: Fitzgibbon The Age August 1, 2008 – 11:47PM About 400 Iraqis and their families, at risk after helping Australian efforts in the Gulf state, have been brought to Australia. Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon confirmed the Iraqis … Continue reading

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New Detention Policy Thanks To Us: Ruddock

New detention policy thanks to us: Ruddock The Age July 30, 2008 The Rudd government has only been able to soften detention policy because of the hard work of the previous Howard government, former immigration minister Philip Ruddock says. Under … Continue reading

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‘Pacific Solution’ To Thank For Relaxed Detention Rules: Ruddock

'Pacific solution' to thank for relaxed detention rules: Ruddock Australian Broadcasting Corporation Posted Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:48am AEST Updated Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:34am AEST Former federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock says the former government's 'Pacific solution' is the … Continue reading

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More Money For Displaced Iraqis

More money for displaced Iraqis Andra Jackson The Age July 28, 2008 THE Australian Government has put up half a million dollars to try to stop displaced Iraqi women and girls stranded in Syria from resorting to prostitution to survive. … Continue reading

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Immigration Overhaul Clears Two Hurdles

Immigration overhaul clears two hurdles By CLAIRE McENTEE The Dominion Post Monday, 28 July 2008 The Labour Department has admitted New Zealand has fallen behind other countries in border security as it moves towards a major revamp of the Immigration … Continue reading

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Immigration Must Be Cut To Tackle Climate Change, Says Study

Immigration must be cut to tackle climate change, says study By John Masanauskas The Melbourne Herald Sun (Australia), July 23, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24064539-662,00.html Immigration must be slashed if Australia has any chance of seriously tackling climate change, says a Monash University … Continue reading

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