Migration

Communities gather to discuss a ‘Welcome Australia’

Leading national practitioners and researchers have gathered in Adelaide for the 11th Welcoming Australia Symposium to discuss the challenges and opportunities of migration, cultural diversity and inclusion. Among the attendees was Sarah Scarce, founding director of The Aqua English Project, a drowning prevention strategy for Australia’s refugee and migrant communities. Image: Source- Pexel – Kindel …

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Opposition to Coalition’s migration policy: “Australia’s great multiculturalism will be mourned”

Home Affairs and Immigration Minister, Tony Burke has slammed the opposition’s new migration policy, heavily criticising its controversial terms at a press conference yesterday. The plan proposes hard-line crackdown, including social media vetting, a “Safe Country List,” tougher deportation measures and a stricter test of national values and screening.  Amid debate between two major parties, …

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Dr Anne Aly Wants To Keep A Welcoming Australia

This week, Opposition leader Angus Taylor launched a migration plan to reduce the immigration numbers in Australia. which was received with mixed reactions. The plan is a values-based migration scheme and included eliminating legal aid for cancelled visas, more scrutiny on social media and prioritising the Australian Values Statement as a binding visa condition. Labor …

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