Immigration
Love, keep busy, ignore your ‘impasta syndrome’: How to live and cook like a nonna
When this author consulted the ‘Italian whisper network’, she found 15 nonnas, delicious food and a whole lot of love. Watch them making pasta from scratch.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Greens
Hope for families facing deportation for having disabled children
Australia’s mechanism to deport migrant families with disabled children requiring costly care will be reviewed in return for the Greens’ support for Labor’s Pacific visa lottery.
- by Angus Thompson
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Skills shortage
Annual pay rise for skilled migrants under leaked federal plan
A leaked circular shows the government is considering giving skilled temporary migrants a boost to minimum pay rates every year.
- by Angus Thompson
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Pacific diplomacy
International pressure grows to fast-track Pacific lottery visa
Fiji says the existential threat from climate change in many Pacific Island counties puts deeper integration with Australia on the agenda.
- by Angus Thompson
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No more quick fixes: Real solutions needed after immigration problems laid bare
Sustained investigative reporting has uncovered wide-reaching problems in our immigration system. The government response will be closely watched.
- The Age's View
‘Biden lied’: Democrats come down hard on border wall backflip
One day after the US president announced he’d allow a section of wall to be built in south Texas, he faced an angry backlash from his own camp.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Home Truths
‘Millions on planes’: Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses, says Nixon
Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that, as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system, the authorities went missing.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
‘Untenable situation’: Joe Biden backflips on border wall as immigrants surge
Trump wants an apology from Biden after the president reversed his position and authorised a section of the wall as the US struggles with a migrant influx.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Asylum seekers
Dutton claimed to be a hard man on asylum seekers, but his failure was epic
The opposition leader made an audacious claim this week to blame Labor for creating the mess. The facts show his claim to be false.
- by David Crowe
Labor takes on Dutton with plan to stem false asylum seeker claims
Asylum seekers will face a stronger regime to decide their claims to stay in Australia amid concerns some migrants are working for up to 11 years while waiting for their cases to be decided.
- by David Crowe
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$50 million pledged to crack down on visa fraud
The federal government will spend $50 million on tougher compliance and permanent investigation teams to stamp out criminal exploitation of migration.
- by David Crowe