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Media alert Public Forum in Adelaide 2 – 3.30pm Saturday 20 April 2024 From housing crisis to eco-crisis: Why Australia’s population growth is unsustainable Hosted by Sustainable Population Australia Venue: Regent Room, Box Factory, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide Keynote speaker: Leith van Onselen, Chief Economist and co-founder of MacroBusiness, who writes … Continued
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For former Afghan refugees Sania and Seema, learning how to study in a foreign language was just one of many hurdles they faced when settling into Birrong Girls School in western Sydney in Year 7. “It was challenging coming here because I didn’t know English, so I had to listen to the teacher and then … Continued
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The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) has expanded an existing inquiry examining the previous government’s failed attempts to privatise the visa processing system and deliver new IT systems in Home Affairs, to examine public sector IT projects more widely. Committee Chair, Mr Julian Hill MP, said that “lessons must be drawn from both stages of the … Continued
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Facing policy challenges brought about by the Australian Government’s new migration strategy, leaders from the independent skills training and higher education sector will meet to discuss strategies to deliver quality student outcomes. The forum is the ITEC24 International Education Symposium to be convened on 5 June 2024 at the Gold Coast by the Independent Tertiary … Continued
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Australia’s passing the 27 million population milestone is a matter of deep concern and not a cause for celebration, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ population clock, the milestone was passed at 3.45pm on Wednesday 24 January. It was helped along by a record 624,100 population increase in … Continued
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed the government’s closure of the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) in light of claims that it had a profoundly negative impact on the economy. The Significant Investor visa strand of the program required a minimum investment of $5 million in Australia and conferred an automatic right of permanent … Continued
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More than 40 housing, homelessness and community services organisations have written to the Prime Minister and opposition leader, expressing concern that migrant communities are being scapegoated as the primary reason for the housing crisis. Everybody’s Home spokesperson Maiy Azize, who coordinated the letter, said: “It is nonsense to blame overseas migration as a primary driver of a … Continued
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The Australian Government’s approach to the international skills training sector set out in the new Migration Strategy is highly problematic, based on broad and often inaccurate generalisations about quality, and data from a broken visa processing system. That is the view of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent providers … Continued
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Reforms announced yesterday could bring Australia closer towards realising a migration program that meets the needs of industry, employers and migrants alike, while retaining our reputation as a destination of choice, according to leading non-profit organisation Settlement Services International (SSI). The Federal government has released a Migration Strategy outlining a new vision for Australia’s migration … Continued
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Too little too late: immigration tweaks welcome but results will be far from sustainable SPA Media Release, 11th December 2023 Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says that, while some aspects of the migration reform package are welcome and long overdue, it falls short in reducing migration to a sustainable level. Home Affairs Minister Clare … Continued
