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30,000 boat arrivals under Labor
Created on Wednesday 21 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
The federal government has broken a new record which was unintended and certainly unwanted - illegal boat arrivals have reached 30,000.
That's according to shadow immigration minister Scott Morrison, who says as a result of policies which haven't worked, the number of people arriving in Australia illegally on boats, without an immigration visa, is now more than the population of Alice Springs.
To put that in perspective, 30,000 is more than the maximum capacity of the Western Australian Cricket Ground.
Mr Morrison said that the rate of arrivals has increased lately to the point of lunacy.
"Of the 30,057 arrivals on 515 boats, more than half this number, ...
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Created on Monday 19 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Australian migration agents may be interested to learn that opposition leader Tony Abbott has discussed the future of small and medium-sized businesses under a Coalition government. Speaking at the Menzies ...
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Created on Friday 16 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
If you are preparing to come to Australia to resettle or work, you may have not thought further than obtaining your immigration visa. However there are a number of things that you need to plan to do upon ...
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Created on Thursday 15 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Australians have to compete with foreign workers for employment who are using backpacker immigration visas as a "backdoor" to be eligible to work in the country. A study by Monash University ...
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Created on Wednesday 14 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
A New Zealand bikie who has been granted refugee status in Australia has become the subject of more political fighting in Canberra. News Limited reports that the immigration and citizenship minister Chris ...
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Created on Tuesday 13 November 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Speaking at the Bali Democracy Forum, Julia Gillard has promoted Australia as a tourist destination, saying that it's particularly important that through policy, the industry can flourish. She said ...
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