Despite causing widespread criticism overseas, in the 1950s under the Menzies government, Australia’s whites-only immigration policy seemed as popular as ever. Indeed the rise of Communism in the region added extra justification to the need to prevent Asians entering the country. But that was to change. Deborah Kennedy (DK): John Menadue leaves his home in Continue reading »
Immigration
In his unofficial election policy launch this week, Peter Dutton re-announced his promise to cut the migration program and to cap overseas students at metropolitan universities. Without a hint of embarrassment, he also said he was a strong believer in the ‘rule of law’. His record shows he has little belief in the rules embodied Continue reading »
Those of us who live in Europe have reason to be very pessimistic about the next four years. The state that Europeans have relied upon as their security guarantee is now in the hands of the nationalist extreme right and the information space is saturated by the output of tech oligarchs such as Elon Musk […]
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Australians have woken up this morning (pun not intended), wondering what culture war they will have inflicted upon them today by Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, in an effort to distract the Nation from his dud nuclear plan. ”Has he done... Read More ›
Having made bold promises to reduce immigration in his 2024-25 Budget reply speech and in a radio interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham the next day, Peter Dutton is now scrambling to explain his position on immigration levels. In a recent interview with Laura Tingle on the ABC and then again in an interview with Andrew Continue reading »
In an expected move, the leading organization of the far-right “constitutional sheriffs” movement has endorsed...
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