Regional Development, Urban Planning, Immigration and Population Growth

Don’t push migrants out of cities: Henry. FORCING immigrants into regional areas to ease population congestion in big cities would be a bad policy step, Ken Henry has warned. In a qualified nod to a Big Australia, the Treasury secretary yesterday told a Melbourne conference that high immigration was closely linked to strong economic growth, and because skilled immigrants tended to take jobs Australians couldn’t...

Australian Population Growth, Sustainability, Immigration and Skill Shortages


Leaders at odds on growth. The ACT must populate or stagnate, according to Chief Minister Jon Stanhope who has signalled his opposition to any attempt to cut skilled migration to Australia.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard distanced herself yesterday from the idea of a ''big Australia'' of 30 to 40 million people favoured by her ousted predecessor Kevin Rudd, but Mr Stanhope said he...

Australian Population, demography, ageing, retirement, immigration, tax and services

Capping and culling the migration queue. Legislation before parliament will give the immigration minister new power to “terminate” certain classes of visa application, reports Peter Mares.

Australian Education News SOL Immigration changes, enrolments and commencements down, finances in danger....

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Australia's housing bubble would defy worldwide trends and all historical evidence if it did not burst, a US investment fund has said. Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of Boston-based GMO, said Australian home prices continued to rise because the Reserve Bank's rapid interest rate cuts during the financial crisis “protected” the nation's housing bubble. “But if they (home prices in Australia and the UK) don't go back to ... the old trend line multiple of family income, which should drive house prices,...

Australian News Immigration, SOL, Study, Racism, Tourism Marketing, Economy, Property, Population




Warning on racist gig. A WHITE supremacist festival scheduled for the Gold Coast today could signal the rise of neo-Nazi groups similar to those in the US and Europe, an expert warns. Sydney University sociologist Alec Pemberton said the festival marked a new development in Australia and warned against ignoring race-hate groups.


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