Immigration

Guardian Essential poll: Labor’s housing and tax changes fail to win over voters as support for One Nation swells

Just 25% of Australians polled back the budget while the majority believe the government has fallen short of expectations over the past year

Poverty hits 456,000 Western Australians as housing costs deepen hardship | News at Curtin

An estimated 456,000 Western Australians, including almost 99,000 children, are living in poverty in 2026 as rising housing costs and inadequate household i ...

Labor’s $1 billion housing plan does nothing to make homes more affordable for first home buyers | The Australian Greens

The Victorian Greens say Labor's latest housing announcement fails to address the biggest barrier facing young Victorians trying to buy their first home - the skyrocketing cost of housing.

Here's how Labor, the Coalition and One Nation's migration cuts compare

One Nation wants negative migration in its first years, the Coalition has promised to more than halve it, while Labor has announced measures to ensure migration actually falls to its target of 225,000. Here is what the parties want to do on migration, and how they propose to do it.

Yet Again, The Data Shows Migrants Are More Law-Abiding Than US Citizens

This has always been the truth. And it has always been ignored by people like Donald Trump, who combine “if it bleeds, it leads” media narratives with the always-exploitable fear of &#8…

Indigenous Australian population was much larger than previously thought and decimated after First Fleet's arrival

Australia had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, according to new research. The research also demonstrates much larger population losses resulting ...

The unmaking of the Australian party system • Frank Bongiorno

How should we deal with a fragmented political landscape? First we need to understand how we got here

Make Housing Affordable | The Australian Greens

But housing is too expensive because Labor and the Liberals give special treatment to the big banks and the property industry. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Another rent record, another reason to replace Labor | The Australian Greens

The Victorian Greens say new figures showing Melbourne unit rents have hit a record $600 a week prove renters cannot afford another four years of Labor, with the Greens the only party going to this election with a plan to directly cut rents.

Immigrant Deportations: Trends and Impacts | Econofact

Research on previous episodes of increased immigration enforcement sheds light on the impact deportations can have on labor markets, crime, and civic life.

'Mobilisation of fear': The deeper strategy behind One Nation's immigration policy

For temporary migrants, the rise of One Nation is raising an urgent question: how secure is their future?

Unauthorized Immigration Effects on Local Labor Markets

The large increase and subsequent decline of unauthorized immigrant workers in recent years have raised questions about the impact of these changes on local labor markets across the United States. New analysis linking immigration data with employment data for specific areas suggests that the rapid rise in unauthorized immigrant worker flows increased local employment roughly one-for-one. Extending the analysis to the industry level further suggests that the slowdown of net immigration had a large negative impact on local employment, particularly for construction and manufacturing.

'I am shocked': Unpacking One Nation's spectacular rise in the polls

Pauline Hanson's One Nation has seen the fastest polling rise in modern Australian politics. What is going on?

Capitalism Without Humans

As new technologies (not immigrants) replace human labor, "machine breaking" as a tactic of rebellion is taking on a renewed vitality.

Victoria is facing a $3b-a-year debt bomb

Australia’s most indebted state government faces a raft of fiscal challenges over the next five years after the 10-year bond rate surpassed the 6 per cent mark last week.