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Boat Arrivals Open Door To NT Processing

Boat arrivals open door to NT processing The Australian Associated Press, March 23, 2010 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/boat-arrivals-open-door-to-nt-processing-20100323-qtp2.html Authorities have intercepted another two asylum-seeker boats, a development that is set to force the federal government to begin processing refugee claims on the mainland. … Continue reading

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Christmas Island Detention Crisis Threatens Kevin Rudd’s Team Unity

Christmas Island detention crisis threatens Kevin Rudd's team unity Ian McPhedran From: Herald Sun March 19, 2010 12:00AM DEEP divisions are emerging in the Rudd Government over the fate of hundreds of boat people as tensions at the Christmas Island … Continue reading

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PM Pressured To Cancel Boat Blast Trio Visas

PM pressured to cancel boat blast trio visas ABC NEWS By online political correspondent Emma Rodgers Updated Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:14am AEDT Deadly: five asylum seekers died after an explosion ripped through the boat last year (Australian Defence Force) … Continue reading

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College Records Hard To Find

College records hard to find By Bernard Lane The Australian, March 17, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/college-records-hard-to-find/story-e6frgcjx-1225841568961 A private college that protested its vast storeroom made it 'nearly impossible' to find student records has been rebuked by a federal tribunal. The Sydney-based International … Continue reading

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PM Kevin Rudd Backtracks On Mainland Processing Of Boat People

PM Kevin Rudd backtracks on mainland processing of boatpeople By Mark Dodd The Australian, March 17, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/pm-kevin-rudd-backtracks-on-mainland-processing-of-boatpeople/story-e6frgczf-1225841600727 Asylum seekers whose claims have not been finalised will be moved to the mainland, overturning the government's policy of insisting almost all … Continue reading

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Opposition, Greens Call For Study Of Population Targets

Opposition backs call for population inquiry The ABC News (Australia), March 15, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/15/2845475.htm?section=justin The Federal Opposition is supporting a call by the Greens for an independent national inquiry into Australia's population target. The population is projected to reach 36 … Continue reading

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Jobs List Will Dash Hopes Of Residency

Jobs list will dash hopes of residency By Guy Healy The Australian, March 10, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/jobs-list-will-dash-hopes-of-residency/story-e6frgcjx-1225838864401 The migration hopes of hundreds of thousands of overseas students will be dashed if a draft list of migration-preferred occupations is adopted, immigration agent … Continue reading

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Coleman: No Need To Limit Student Entry

Coleman: No need to limit student entry The New Zealand Herald, March 10, 2010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10630968 New Zealand has no plans to follow Britain in limiting the number of student visas, because the Government has taken action to close potential policy … Continue reading

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Study Visa Opens The Door To NZ

Study visa opens the door to NZ By Lincoln Tan The New Zealand Herald, March 10, 2010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10630967 Migrants are using student visas as a more certain method of staying in New Zealand – and the number of cases is … Continue reading

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One Fifth Of Private Colleges Are Visa Factories

One-fifth of private colleges are visa factories – Baird The Australian Associated Press, March 9, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/one-fifth-of-private-colleges-are-visa-factories-baird/story-e6frg90f-1225838798896 About a fifth of private colleges aim to give international students a visa, not an education, the author of a new report into … Continue reading

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Rudd, SBY To Hold Talks On People Smuggling

Rudd, SBY to hold talks on people smuggling The ABC News (Australia), March 9, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841315.htm The president is on a three day visit to Australia that includes stops in Canberra and Sydney. Before the address to Parliament he will … Continue reading

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Australia Accepts Malaysian Transsexual As Refugee

Australia accepts Malaysian transsexual as refugee Posted : Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:54:11 GMT By : dpa Category : Australasia (World) Sydney—-A Malaysian transsexual has won refugee status in Australia after persuading an immigration review tribunal that she risked persecution … Continue reading

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Australians Don’t Want More People : Poll

Australians don't want more people: poll AAP (Australian Associate Press) March 1, 2010, 7:17 pm See http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/australians-dont-want-more-people-poll-20100301-pdfe.html The public has rejected plans to massively boost Australia's population. The federal government wants to increase the population from 22 million to 35 … Continue reading

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Australia ‘Faces Permanent Threat’

Australia 'faces permanent alert' BBC NEWS 04:41 GMT, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that his country is now under a permanent and increased threat of militant attack. He also announced plans to fingerprint and … Continue reading

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How Many Is Too Many? Australia’s People Problem

How many is too many? Australia's people problem WILLIAM BOURKE The Sydney Morning Herald February 18, 2010 Even a basic assessment shows that Australia's more recent high population growth causes or exacerbates many of our major economic, environmental and social … Continue reading

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Student Migration Rules May Be Toughened

Student migration rules may be toughened By Guy Healy The Australian, February 16, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/student-migration-rules-may-be-toughened/story-e6frgcjx-1225831094057 Migration-driven overseas students graduating from Australian universities and colleges may find it even tougher to win migration under more official changes flagged today. The new … Continue reading

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International Students Attracted To Study In Australia For Residency : Survey

International students attracted to study in Australia for residency: survey Visa Bureau, February 16, 2010 http://www.visabureau.com/australia/news/16-02-2010/international-students-attracted-to-study-in-australia-for-residency-survey.aspx A survey has found a quarter of international students study in Australia in the hope of gaining Australian residency. The online survey of more … Continue reading

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Anti-Immigration MP Pauline Hanson Plans A Move Of Her Own—To Britain

Anti-immigration MP Pauline Hanson plans a move of her own to Britain By Sophie Tedmanson The Times (London), February 16, 2010 Australias most controversial politician has said she plans to move to Britain after selling her house in rural Queensland. … Continue reading

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Global Asylum Claims Drop As Australia’s Rises

Global asylum claims drop as Australia's rises B. Glenn Milne The Australian, February 15, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/global-asylum-claims-drop-as-australias-rises/story-e6frgczf-1225830262276 Kevin Rudd's claim that the spike in asylum-seekers arriving illegally in Australia is a shared global problem due to international 'push' factors has been … Continue reading

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Union Takes On Labor Over ‘Cheap’ Foreign Workers

Union takes on Labor over 'cheap' foreign workers MALCOLM KNOX The Sydney Morning Herald February 12, 2010 ONE of Australia's most powerful trade unions has set itself on a collision course with the Rudd government, backing a campaign against it … Continue reading

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