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The Opposition has faced questions about what constitutes an Australian and who will be cut off from welfare payments under his new proposal.

19 May 2026

3 min read

Work in Progress is an Australia Explained series exploring how skilled migrants are starting new careers in some of Australia’s most in-demand sectors—including early childhood education, engineering, nursing, information and communication technology, aged care and construction.

09 Apr 2026Podcast Episode

Migrant parents can be deported because their child is born with a disability. There's now a push to change that.

09 Aug 2023

5 min read

The terms "migrant", "refugee" and "asylum seeker" are being used interchangeably to mean the same thing but there are important legal differences.

26 Sep 2015

2 min read

US authorities on Monday filed a criminal charge against the driver of an overheated truck found in Texas packed with migrants, prosecutors said, as the death toll rose to 10.

25 Jul 2017

4 min read

Some migrant families have their hearts set on reuniting in Australia despite the time, costs and complexity of forever changing Australian migration law. After all, home is where the family is.

09 Apr 2021

3 min read

According to a report by Western Union, 67 per cent of migrants state that being able to send money to family was a key factor in their decision to move to Australia.

11 Jul 2023

4 min read

"As a child migrant to Australia, pubs were very foreign places to my family. We assumed pubs were places for alcohol and adult things. Not places for family and food."

12 Jan 2021

7 min read

New Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 32 per cent of the overall estimated population is now born overseas.

29 Apr 2026

4 min read

Learn about the history of migration to Australia and current community demographics