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Easier Visas For World Youth Day

Easier visas for World Youth Day The Sydney Morning Herald October 3, 2007 – 8:49PM The visit to Sydney for next year's World Youth Day has been made easier for some 140,000 people coming from overseas, with simplified visa procedures. … Continue reading

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Australia Lags On People Trafficking

Australia lags on people trafficking Erik Jensen The Sydney Morning Herald October 2, 2007 VICTIMS of people trafficking are supported if only they assist a prosecution by the Government, which is lagging Europe and the United States in its response … Continue reading

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UN Contradicts Andrews Over Sudanese

UN contradicts Andrews over Sudanese The Sydney Morning Herald October 2, 2007 – 1:54PM The United Nations has contradicted Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews' argument that Sudanese refugees are having trouble adapting to Australian life. Mr Andrews said Sudanese refugees appeared … Continue reading

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Test Over And No Bloody Worries For New Aussies

Test over and no bloody worries for new Aussies Daniella Miletic The Age (Melbourne) October 2, 2007 RONALD Dela Cruz has spent the past week cramming for a test that made him more nervous than any other he has sat … Continue reading

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Sacked Chinese Workers Receive Visa Lifeline

Sacked Chinese workers receive visa lifeline Matthew Moore The Sydney Morning Herald September 29, 2007 TWO Chinese workers fighting to stay in Australia to recover more than $30,000 each in unpaid wages have lodged a last-minute appeal against a decision … Continue reading

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Australia Admits To Deporting Papuans

Australia admits to deporting Papuans The Age (Melbourne) September 27, 2007 – 12:30PM Australia broke international law and endangered the lives of five Papuan asylum seekers by secretly sending the men back to Papua New Guinea, refugee advocates say. In … Continue reading

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Foreign Doctor Doubts

Foreign-doctor doubts Mark Metherell and Phillip Hudson The Sydney Morning Herald September 27, 2007 THE Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews, says the public cannot be confident about the screening procedures for overseas-trained doctors. Mr Andrews is expected today to call … Continue reading

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Kiwis Overtake Poms To Lead Aussie Migration Stakes

Kiwis overtake Poms to lead Aussie migration stakes Connie Levett The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 THE Kiwis are coming. For the first time, New Zealand has overtaken the UK as the largest source country for permanent migrants to Australia, … Continue reading

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Latest Population Figures ‘Sheer Madness’

Latest population figures sheer madness Sustainable Population Australia Media Release 25 September 2007. It is sheer madness for Australia to assume it can sustain population growth figures of 307,100 per annum, or 1.5 per cent, according to Sustainable Population Australia … Continue reading

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Australia Urged To Help Iraqi Refugees

Australia urged to help Iraqi refugees Andra Jackson The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 AUSTRALIA has a moral obligation to increase its intake of Iraqi refugees, who now pose “the fastest-growing displacement crisis in the world”, according to Amnesty International. … Continue reading

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Online Attack On Citizenship Test (Australia)

Online attack on citizenship test The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 – 11:59AM A five-minute video that mocks the new Australian citizenship test has been posted on the internet by Australian Democrats leader Lyn Allison. The YouTube video picks holes … Continue reading

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British Writer Claims Australian "Islamophobia" Behind Visa Delay

British writer claims Australian 'Islamophobia' behind visa delay The Associated Press Published: September 14, 2007 CANBERRA, Australia: High-profile British journalist Abdel Bari Atwan blamed “Islamophobia” Friday for a delay in getting an Australian visa to attend a writers' festival. The … Continue reading

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Visa Victims Thrown Onto Street

Visa victims thrown onto street (Photo: “We had been cheated” Gong Wei and Huang Jiandong are evicted from their home, and the employer who sacked them, Frank Wang.) Sydney Morning Herald September 13, 2007 EIGHTEEN months ago, Gong Wei and … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Declared Refugees

Sri Lankan asylum seekers declared refugees By Alison Caldwell ABC News Posted Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:19pm AEST Updated Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:53pm AEST Seventy-two Sri Lankans who have been held in detention on the Pacific island of Nauru … Continue reading

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Contentious Visas Gain MP’s Backing

Contentious visas gain MPs' backing Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) September 12, 2007 A BIPARTISAN parliamentary inquiry into temporary skilled migration will not recommend significant changes to the controversial 457 visa program, despite revelations of employer exploitation and mistreatment of … Continue reading

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Citizenship Test Passes Senate

Citizenship test passes Senate The Age (Melbourne) September 10, 2007 – 7:54PM The Senate has approved the federal government's new Australian citizenship tests, requiring applicants to correctly answer questions on the country's history, geography, government and traditions. On the first … Continue reading

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Pact With China Excludes Dubious Visa Middlemen

Pact with China excludes dubious visa middleman Michael Bachelard The Age (Melbourne) September 6, 2007 AN AGREEMENT signed last night between the Chinese and Australian governments aims to marginalise unscrupulous migration agents who charge immigrant workers tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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Nauru Detainees ‘Walking Zombies’

Nauru detainees 'walking zombies' Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) September 4, 2007 – 10:24AM More than 50 Sri Lankan detainees at Nauru have entered their fourth day of a hunger strike. The Federal Government has refused to set a deadline … Continue reading

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Long Wait For Asylum In No-Man’s Land

Long wait for asylum in no-man's land Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) August 25, 2007 SIX years after the Tampa affair sparked a radical crackdown on illegal boat arrivals, 82 Sri Lankan and seven Burmese asylum seekers face an uncertain … Continue reading

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‘Solution’ Branded A Costly Flop

'Solution' branded a costly flop Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) August 25, 2007 EVERY asylum seeker processed in offshore centres such as Nauru under the Federal Government's controversial Pacific Solution has cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars, a … Continue reading

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