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The United States has always been known as a nation of immigrants and a top destination for scientists and other highly skilled professionals. That ability to attract the world’s most educated and innovative…
Ask anyone on the street or in the pub about immigration and they’ll invariably say it’s all about boats, 457s and more boats. But immigration policy is obviously about more than just that, and in parallel…
Temporary labour migration in Australia is a highly vexed issue. On the one hand those advocating a rethink of the 457 visa are accused of “turning away skilled, net-contributors to the Australian project…
Australia’s migration policy has shifted significantly in the past 20 years, leaving a system subject to widespread rorting and controversy. If there is a single lesson to be learnt from the revelations…
Recently leaked Immigration department documents reveal considerable rates of visa fraud in the Australian immigration system. This is of grave concern to the Australian public, especially as unemployment…
Although few working Australians would be familiar with the work of the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, all of us depend on it to some degree. In a shortsighted move, the government has decided…
Governments in most countries, including Australia, often feel the need to predict which skills will be in demand and match them with increased supply largely through education planning and migration…
It seems the broad debates around migration, and often skilled migration, are little different from one country to the next. The United States is currently considering sweeping migration reforms that include…
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Population Geography, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
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Deputy Program Director (Migration), Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society & School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
