Labor unveils long-awaited plans to trim immigration, targeting students’ families and visa overstayers
Most international students unable to bring dependents or family members to Australia under Labor’s migration policy Foreign citizens staying in Australia without a valid visa face new enforcement measures to force them to leave the country, with Labor’s changes to immigration also set to prevent international students extending their stay indefinitely.
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has unveiled long-awaited changes to immigration rules, promising to bring down net overseas migration (NoM) to 245,000 this financial year, and 225,000 in 2027-28.
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Quebec premier says he will boycott Canada-EU summit in Montreal
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Quebec was shut out of the talks and warns that agreements affecting provincial powers may not be implemented there.
California billionaire tax vote draws record campaign spending
Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ net worth. A new analysis finds record spending by current and former California billionaires ahead of the 3...
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