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Australia politics live: MPs to pay tribute to Helen Haines as parliament resumes; Hanson says One Nation cartoons ‘not going anywhere’
By Kat Wong
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‘I can’t sleep at night’: international students forced to navigate the impact of Labor’s sudden visa changes
By Adeshola Ore and Achol Arok
Master’s student Fatima Bonna says her visa runs out before the end date of her course. She feels overwhelmed by the uncertainty
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Labor and the Coalition need the Indian diaspora vote, but the immigration debate has many feeling bruised
By Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter
While Victorian Labor holds a marginal lead with Australia’s largest migrant group, many feel politicians only offer platitudes
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Mimicking populists will not ease cost of living or boost productivity, Mathias Cormann warns
By Kat Wong
Former minister and OECD head urges Australia not to adopt migration caps, with research showing migrants boost employment among Australian-born workers
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Mimicking populists will not ease cost of living or boost productivity, Mathias Cormann warns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/17/mimicking-populists-will-not-ease-cost-of-living-or-raise-productivity-mathias-cormann-warns-ntwnfb #CostOfLivingCrisis #AustraliaNews #OneNation #Oecd #AustralianPolitics #Business #MathiasCormann #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianEconomy #Productivity
Australian politics live: Victoria Labor promises free abortion care if re-elected; Albanese criticises Hanson’s ‘monoculture’
By Martin Farrer
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Australian politics live: Victoria Labor promises free abortion care if re-elected; Albanese criticises Hanson’s ‘monoculture’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/15/anthony-albanese-labor-pauline-hanson-monoculture-victorian-election-coalition-angus-taylor-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australian politics live: Chalmers urges against mocking, cancelling or talking down to One Nation supporters
By Martin Farrer
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Australian politics live: Chalmers urges against mocking, cancelling or talking down to One Nation supporters https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/14/treasurer-jim-chalmers-labor-one-nation-pauline-hanson-one-nation-gas-reservation-scheme-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australia politics live: Labor’s $630m funding boost for charities; Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/13/labor-anthony-albanese-charity-boost-greens-ukraine-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australia politics live: Labor’s $630m funding boost for charities; Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons
By Guardian staff
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Politics live: Greens call for US execution livestream to be blocked in Australia; Flydubai pilot’s links to Australia ‘disturbing’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/12/labor-anthony-albanese-greens-digital-duty-of-care-coalition-angus-taylor-one-nation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy #Coalition #AngusTaylor #LaborParty #A...
Politics live: Greens call for US execution livestream to be blocked in Australia; FlyDubai pilot links to Australia ‘disturbing’
By Guardian staff
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Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?
By Patrick Commins
Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is
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Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/12/australia-has-never-driven-migration-into-reverse-by-design-would-slamming-the-brakes-on-be-calamitous #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #Business #OneNation #AustralianPolitics #Migration #Coalition
As federal politicians vow to cut immigration, regional Queensland businesses need ‘every hand we can get’
By Andrew Messenger in Townsville
International working holidaymakers make up over 60% of the staff in some regional hospitality companies
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New spate of stabbings, overdoses and fires at Australian immigration detention centres run by ICE-linked US prison firm
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: Federal government under scrutiny as documents reveal serious security lapses at Melbourne and Villawood immigration detention centres
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Offensive tirades on race and religion shouldn’t be the norm in Australian politics
By Tom McIlroy
A racist AI-generated video is the latest offensive stunt by One Nation. Now Pauline Hanson’s attack on Mehreen Faruqi needs to be settled by the courts
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New spate of stabbings, overdoses and fires at Australian immigration detention centres run by ICE-linked US prison firm https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/09/australia-immigration-detention-centres-overdoses-fires-prison-ice-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #Migration #Melbourne #Sydney
Migration has become a major political talking point – how do parties’ policies compare?
By Sarah Basford Canales
Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all planning to reduce net overseas migration – but their plans may not be realistic or beneficial, experts say
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The Coalition’s race to the bottom on migration – podcast
By Presented by Matilda Boseley with Tom McIlroy. Produced by Cheyne Anderson with mixing and sound design by Jacob Round. The executive producer is Hannah Parkes
With a pledge to slash net overseas migration to just 100,000 people, with incremental increases in the years following, the Coalition have promised history-making immigration cuts as a solution to the housing crisis. But behind the steep figures is a strategy of luring voters from One Nation by out-doing their centrepiece policies.
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Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policy
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Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/angus-taylor-coalition-immigration-policy-not-fully-costed-ntwnfb #AngusTaylor #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Coalition
Angus Taylor’s immigration plan misses the target – on politics and on policy | Abul Rizvi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/07/angus-taylor-coalition-immigration-plan-misses-target-politics-policy-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #Migration #Coalition #AngusTaylor
Angus Taylor’s immigration plan misses the target – on politics and on policy | Abul Rizvi
By Abul Rizvi
The most surprising aspect of the Coalition’s policy is that in six pages of detail there is not a single mention of the labour market
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Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn
By Krishani Dhanji
Angus Taylor’s drastic cuts to graduate visas aim to end a citizenship pathway, but universities body says changes will make Australia less competitive
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Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/coalition-migration-policy-reaction-universities-students-economy-india-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #Coalition #AngusTaylor #AustralianUniversities #AustralianEducation #AustraliaNews
Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Coalition leader’s proposal goes further than Peter Dutton’s 2025 election promise and even beyond Pauline Hanson’s bottom line
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Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/taylors-hardline-immigration-plan-drags-australian-politics-further-to-the-right-and-its-all-upside-for-one-nation-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AngusTaylor #LiberalParty #PaulineHanson #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
Coalition set to unveil dramatically deeper cuts to overseas migration as it fends off One Nation’s rise https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/coalition-immigration-policy-angus-taylor-one-nation-labor-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #LiberalParty #NationalParty #Migration #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AngusTaylor
Coalition set to unveil dramatically deeper cuts to overseas migration as it fends off One Nation’s rise
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Sources say the opposition’s target will be below Labor’s but won’t match One Nation’s goal to limit net arrivals to 130,000
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Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
By Patrick Commins
Annual population growth for the North American nation has slowed to just 0.5% – and the economy is ‘adjusting’
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Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/bruce-baird-former-federal-liberal-mp-and-nsw-minister-dies-aged-84 #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #LiberalParty #AustralianPolitics #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #ScottMorrison
Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/labor-migration-crackdown-international-students #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianUniversities
Australia news live: eSafety warns online gaming can cause ‘serious harms’ to children; Atlassian to power solar farm https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/02/labor-anthony-albanese-online-gaming-esafety-coalition-angus-taylor-greens-david-shoebridge-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy #Games #SocialMediaBan
Australia news live: ATO finds one-quarter of big firms pay zero tax; NDIS alternative Thriving Kids program begins
By Martin Farrer
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Australia news live: ATO finds one-quarter of big firms pay zero tax; NDIS alternative Thriving Kids program begins https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/01/labor-anthony-albanese-ato-ndis-thriving-kids-coalition-greens-leader-david-shoebridge-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australian colleges warned ‘do not try to game’ student visas after last-minute enrolments for cancelled diploma soar https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/01/australia-private-colleges-student-visa-enrolments-soar-for-cancelled-diploma-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianEducation #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
The political battle over Australian immigration is really a story of what kind of nation we want to be | Peter Lewis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/sep/30/the-political-battle-over-australian-immigration-is-really-a-story-of-what-kind-of-nation-we-want-to-be #EssentialPoll #AustraliaNews #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianPolitics #OneNation #LiberalParty #LaborParty #AustralianGreens #Migration
Australia news live: Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ stocktake of government cyber-systems after OpenAI hack https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/30/labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-polling-new-greens-leader-openai-hack-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Guardian Essential poll: Coalition’s primary vote sinks to lowest ever as majority support hardline immigration ideas https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/29/guardian-essential-poll-coalitions-primary-vote-sinks-to-lowest-ever-as-majority-support-hardline-immigration-ideas #EssentialPoll #Coalition #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AngusTaylor #OneNation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese
Australia news live: Chalmers defends record as RBA’s cash rate decision due https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/29/treasurer-jim-chalmers-reserve-bank-cash-rate-decision-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australia politics live: Chalmers and Gallagher to present final budget outcome; RBA interest rate hike looms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/28/labor-anthony-albanese-openai-ai-hacks-coalition-one-nation-medicare-budget-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy #Migration #AustralianUniversities #AiArtificialIntelligence
Australia news live: Albanese says announcement of Medicare hack ‘purely in national interest’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/27/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-openai-medicare-hack-united-nations-richard-marles-jane-hume-liberal-coalition-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Private colleges around Australia offering last-minute discounts for diploma allegedly ‘misused by shonks’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/27/australia-private-colleges-discount-deregistered-management-diploma-visa-crackdown-immigration-ntwnfb #AustralianEducation #AustraliaNews #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #Business #AustralianPolitics #Migration
In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/26/high-court-australia-south-sea-islanders-law-ntwnfb #AustralianLaw #Slavery #PacificIslands #Race #AustraliaNews #Vanuatu #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #SouthPacific
Australia news live: Paterson says PM’s AI hack timing not a coincidence; Gen Z going without for a house https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/25/anthony-albanese-open-ai-hack-united-nations-angus-taylor-coalition-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/24/anthony-albanese-un-summit-labor-coalition-ukraine-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Coalition #LiberalParty #AngusTaylor #OneNation
Australia news live: Watchdog criticises ‘culture of secrecy’ and fact-checking at ABC’s Four Corners https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/23/anthony-albanese-un-assembly-ai-social-media-labor-coalition-abc-four-corners-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Australia news live: Chalmers says migration needed for falling birth rate; city of Sydney bans smart glasses https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/22/anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-intergenerational-report-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy