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The government says it will send $135 million in aid and prioritise onshore protection visas for people from the South-East Asian nation.

This family of five has lived in a regional city for almost 10 years with no visa, no income and no rights, relying entirely on the kindness of supporters for food and shelter. They hope their situation will change now one daughter has been granted citizenship.

Novak Djokovic is hopeful he could be allowed to play in the Australian Open in January despite being deported and banned from the country earlier this year

If the Labor government doesn’t start co-ordinating its immigration and housing policies, the mixture will be explosive.

As the federal government follows through on a promise to fast-track visas for overseas workers, many migrants already in Australia who remain on temporary visas are furious.

Migrants waiting for the 887 skilled regional visa are set to protest across the country, angry at the worsening delays

A Murray Bridge aged care nurse and his family are granted new bridging visas, four days before they were set to be deported after media attention on the case.

Minister says people ‘should be living in the community’ if there are no security or safety concerns

Business welcomes immigration increase as government announces extra work hours for pensioners

Australia on Friday increased its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 this financial year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers.

Call comes as one government MP says jobs summit focus must not detract from dealing with massive backlog of humanitarian visas