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Australian migrant population growth hits all-time high as borders reopen

Australia's migrant population is expected to have grown by more than 700,000 between the 2022 and 2024 financial years.

ABC News

Labor’s instinct is to indulge what it thinks middle Australia wants. It could try simply doing what works

In areas such as migration and jobseeker the government’s rhetoric is timid, when it could boldly go bigger on both

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Albanese runs a highly controlled government using gossamer threads

Anthony Albanese’s first year as prime minister will, as it happens, be bookended by meetings of the Quad – the gathering of the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia.

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Australia lifts minimum wage for skilled migrant workers

Australia will end a decade-old freeze on the minimum wage for skilled migrant workers as part of an overhaul of what the government describes as a broken migration system

The Independent UK

Student visa rules tightened, skilled worker wage threshold lifted as government begins immigration rewrite

Lifting the minimum pay rate for skilled workers, tightening rules for people seeking to study in Australia, and ending the permanent migration cap are all changes on the table for the federal government, as it seeks to rewrite the rules on immigration.

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Temporary migrants to be given wage rise, residency

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the wage threshold for temporary migrants will be raised by $16,000 and they will have a path to permanent residency.

The New Daily

Australia to overhaul immigration system, smooth entry for skilled workers

Australia proposed on Thursday overhauling its immigration system to speed up getting highly skilled workers into the country and smoothening the path to permanent residency.

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Albanese government to radically streamline migration with three-tiered system for skilled workers

Australian home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, announces reforms designed to cut red tape and reduce delays to permanent residency

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: migration system is ‘broken’, Donald Trump accused of rape, Sydney’s ‘latte line’ deepens

Australia’s 1.8 million guest workers are pushed to stay ‘permanently temporary’, review says

The Guardian - AU

Premier targets healthcare ahead of national cabinet – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s ‘broken’ migration system is failing the nation: Review

A review of Australia's "broken" migration system says it must be overhauled to attract skilled workers to fuel our future or risk falling behind other

The New Daily

Australia’s ‘broken’ migration system leaves 1.8m workers ‘permanently temporary’, review finds

Labor urged to ditch skills lists, allow more workers in caring occupations and tackle long wait times for family visas

The Guardian - AU

Review finds Australia's migration system in need of 'major reform'

A review in to Australia's migration system finds that temporary migrant workers are frequently "exploited" with the current system contributing to the risk of that.

ABC News

New Zealanders to gain faster pathway to Australian citizenship under major changes to immigration rules

In a move that restores reciprocity to rights of expats, about 380,000 New Zealanders living in Australia will no longer have to become permanent residents first

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The New Daily

Migration system broken, not delivering, says minister

Ahead of the release of a review of the country's migration system, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the findings are damning.

ABC News

Latitude Financial will not pay ransom to cyber hackers as millions of customer records compromised

Latitude Financial will not pay a ransom to those behind a cyber attack, as the details from 14 million customer records remain at risk of being released.

ABC News

Banks to undergo cyber war games in a bid to ensure customers' data is safe

The federal government will bring major banks and financial services companies together to practice responses to future cyber attacks.

ABC News

The 17-year-old hacker helping organisations stay safe from cybercrime

As a fresh-faced teen preparing to sit his Year 12 exams, Jackson Henry is not what most people might imagine when they hear the word "hacker".

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Former defence leaders urge government to release report into national security risks posed by climate change

Former Australian defence force chief Chris Barrie says the government should immediately release a declassified version of the report to help the public grapple with looming risks.

AAP

Australia to 'hit the gym' in cyber exercises

Critical entities will take part in a series of cyber exercises to beef up defences against potentially crippling attacks.

The Guardian - AU

Australia faces ‘dystopian’ future of cyber-attacks targeting fabric of society, Clare O’Neil says

Home affairs minister says Medibank and Optus breaches the ‘tip of the iceberg’ as she announces cyber exercises focusing on critical infrastructure

ABC News

TikTok to be banned from Australian government devices

The federal government will ban TikTok on government devices following fears the app's security is compromised, and the platform could be used for foreign interference by China.

ABC News

Defence struggling to process staff security clearances needed ahead of AUKUS rush

Defence insiders say the department is facing "a massive backlog" for vetting new employees, a crucial requirement for anyone working on the highly secretive endeavour involving the United States and United Kingdom.

ABC News

Lower productivity firms are leaning on migrant labour and it's threatening living standards, think tank says

Shifts in Australia's migration intake over the past decade appear to be a major contributor to the sharp decline in productivity growth, threatening economic expansion and living standards, a new report finds.

The Guardian - AU

Asio to take over issuing high-level security clearances due to ‘unprecedented’ espionage threat

Government introduces bill transferring responsibility for ‘positive vetting’ to Australia’s spy agency to tackle foreign interference

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