Immigration and New Americans

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (905+ words) Venkat RamanAuckland, September 14, 2026 A delayed visa can separate a family, cost a student an academic year or leave an employer without essential workers. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) receives about 20,000 visa applications each week. Yet, substantial parts of its operation still…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1044+ words) Pre-approval sorted before your next open home? Start now. Your bank isn't going to tell you your rate is too high. We will. We answer your call. We show up to the job. Australia’s temporary migration program would be slashed…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (66+ words) ‘This side of Christmas’ – Levy takes Opposition to task on immigration 2GB 2GB - Sydney's premier news and talk radio station ‘This side of Christmas’ – Levy takes Opposition to task on immigration Joining 2GB Mornings, Shadow Immigration Minister Jonathan Duniam could not confirm when…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (447+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:12pm The Queensland transport minister says neither a credit rating cut nor a potential slashing of overseas migration will get in the way of his government delivering the infrastructure it has promised. The state will spend $55.9 billion on transport projects…...

10+ hour, 9+ min ago   (519+ words) Nat Barr unleashes on One Nation over mum of Anthony Albanese....

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1108+ words) After processing just one voluntary redundancy in the first quarter of 2026, the Department of Home Affairs opened the floodgates, processing 679 payouts following a massive exit rush led by Immigration and Border Force staff. Newly released figures show that more than…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (150+ words) Defenders of mass migration often argue that Australia’s ‘skilled’ immigration system boosts the nation’s productivity because migrants are more skilled than locals and earn higher incomes. However, when you examine the macroeconomic data, you quickly discover that Australia’s labour productivity…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1085+ words) Labor allowed 1.27 million net overseas arrivals over three years, missing every internal forecast while families compete in brutal rental markets. A major proposal targets a 750,000 reduction in temporary visas to slash housing demand, close student loopholes, and curb net arrivals....

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1007+ words) Immigration NZ receives 20,000 visa requests a week. (Source: rnz.co.nz) Immigration New Zealand overestimated the benefits from its newest transformation project by $134 million because of "significantly flawed assumptions". By Gill Bonnett of RNZ The new head of INZ said…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago   (132+ words) Nervous about offending the sensibilities of One Nation’s newly consolidated supporter base, legacy media has doubled down on the lazy framing of migration as a problem, to be solved only by taking an axe to the numbers. It’s a decision…...