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The media has mostly welcomed the news that Labor is backpedalling on migration. Perhaps they should look at the data.

Home affairs minister insists forecasts showing 185,000 fewer people will migrate to Australia are an estimate, not a ‘target’

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has endorsed her deputy, Steven Miles, to replace her after she resigned yesterday, but Health Minister Shannon Fentiman and Treasurer Cameron Dick are also expected to run, and the federal government’s fastest growing economic pain will be paying down debt.

Labor says visa reforms are needed to address exploitation; leaders at climate summit told to embrace compromise; trapped Palestinians dread rise of disease

A plan to fix a faltering migration system will take aim at bogus international students and unscrupulous employers while trying to reduce overall migration.

Government says temporary migration system is ‘broken’ and changes to student and skilled worker visas are needed to address exploitation

The Albanese government is reducing migrant intake as it seeks to make inroads to easing the population and housing squeeze before the next election

It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end.

Serious offenders recently released from immigration detention are now subject to preventative detention measures after laws passed federal parliament.

Released immigration detainees who pose a serious risk to the community face being locked back up as new laws clear the Senate.