has not endeared himself to 48-year-old Gillard by claiming in a foul-mouthed outburst that she has a "s***-eating grin".Abbot started the debate by flagging up his party's intention to bring about a major cut in immigration numbers and pledging to turn back a rising tide of "boat ...
Today the annual allocation of temporary visas, with work entitlements, outnumbers permanent settler visas by a ratio of three to one. The new environment, with so many temporary visa holders, has led to a two-step immigration policy whereby an increasing proportion of immigrants come first as ...
It is now critical to develop a population policy for Australia in order to decide immigration numbers rationally and in the best interest of Australians. The immigration policies of the major political parties during the 1980s and 1990s have proven disastrous, proceeding as if there was no balanc...
’s policy expresses that “…all people have the right to live, work, study and socialise in an environment that is free from sexual misconduct regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status and citizenship status” (Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedure, p. 4...
Goot M (1999) Migrant numbers, Asian immigration and multiculturalism: trends in the polls, 1943–1998, National Multicultural Advisory Council, Australian Multiculturalism for a New Century Commonwear of Australia, Canberra Statistical Appendix part 2 ...
Historically the percentage has been far higher and the religious landscape of Australia is diversifying, along with multicultural immigration and growing numbers of irreligious people, 22.3% of Australians declared “no-religion” on the 2011 Census, and a further 9.4% did not answer the question....
In south-eastern Australia, during the 1850s, large numbers of white pastoral workers deserted employment on stations for the Australian gold-rushes. Indigenous women, men and children became a significant source of labor. Most Indigenous labor was unpaid, instead Indigenous workers received rations...
Health policy for refugee and asylum seekers is directly tied to immigration policy and visa types and this in turn is a complex and rapidly changing field of play. In this paper, we review current health care policies for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia with a focus on those areas...
Our discussion on Australia's policy on medical care within theonshore protectionprogram begins with those asylum seekers in detention centres. The immigration detention policy, introduced in 1992, has been maintained with bipartisan support in Parliament [15]. The Commonwealth, not the States and Te...
Living and working in Australiais a dream for many. Thanks to Australia’s relatively progressive immigration policies, a little over one fourth of today’s Australian population was born outside of the country. These numbers are set to swell over coming decades, as more expats find their feet...