Australian industry lobbies for increase in immigration
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10:52 27/01/2014
The Australian Industry Group, (Ai Group) a pressure group that lobbies on behalf of Australian industry, has called on the country's Coalition government to raise the number of immigrants admitted...
Snoop Dogg issued with Australian Entertainer visa despite campaign
12:20 23/01/2014
The veteran rapper Snoop Dogg has been issued with an Australian Temporary Work (Entertainment) visa despite a campaign by feminists to bar him from the country. Mr Dogg was therefore able to perform...
Australian senator calls for 35m population through immigration
15:41 13/01/2014
Sam Dastyari, an Australian Labor Party senator from New South Wales, has written an article in Australian newspaper The Australian calling for a 'big Australia'. Mr Dastyari says 'I believe in a big...
Australian immigration minister says refugees will suffer after defeat in Senate
18:38 07/01/2014
As we reported on 16th December, the Australian government was recently defeated in its attempt to reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs). These visas were used by the last Conservative...
New Zealand immigration establishes Entrepreneur Work Visa
10:44 31/12/2013
The New Zealand immigration minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that his department is to scrap the Long-Term Business Visa and introduce a new visa, the Entrepreneur Work Visa, to replace it...
Kiribati man's climate change asylum bid fails
9:46 02/12/2013
New Zealand's High Court has rejected a claim that a Kiribati man was effectively a refugee because of climate change. Ioane Teitiota was appealing against the decision of an immigration tribunal to...
