When Wilton Briggs was released from Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre in July, he saw it as a chance to start over. The 29-year-old got a job raising money for charities on the street and was saving to rent a home for his partner Ashleigh Bowen and their baby Amelia. He also started writing a book [...]

The Rudd Labor Government may be having second thoughts about boosting the immigration numbers to record levels but taxpayers are still spending tens of millions to fund illegal immigrants’ countless appeals against expulsion orders. The illegal immigrant lobby has made a mockery of natural justice through its focus on a handful of heart-rending cases and criminals [...]

A Thai family who have called Bendigo home for the past six years say they will be heartbroken if the Immigration Department decides to kick them out of Australia. Penvisuth Supol and her three children Manansupa, 16, Sariyaporn, 14, and Maythus, 13, fear the Bendigo lives they love may be about to come to a sudden [...]

Papua New Guinea’s intelligence organisation is investigating a possible visa racket that links senior immigration officials to immigrants who are trying to get to Australia illegally. Papua New Guinea Intelligence officers say they are supposed to screen people entering PNG from ‘high risk’ countries like Pakistan, China and the Middle East. However officers are concerned about the [...]

NSW residents have led a record exodus from Australia, with as many people as live in Bathurst deserting the premier state last year to live abroad. Of the 76,914 people who left Australia permanently, 31,390 left from NSW and the state has been responsible for a steadily rising number of departees. The number leaving NSW for overseas [...]

The Poms love a good whinge as all Aussies know. Well now they’ve compiled their top 100 most annoying things of 2008. The Lactofree survey for the most irritating things this year has claimed that people in UK have high disregard for benefit scroungers, followed by the credit crunch, which stands at the second place. Irritating tailgaters [...]

Evans reassures illegal arrivals dropping ABC News (Australia), October 7, 2008 Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says despite two illegal vessels being captured off Australia’s north-west coast in the last week, arrivals are down from the past two years. A boat was intercepted off Australia’s north-west coast on Monday and its 17 passengers have been transferred to [...]

Offshore property offers attractive alternatives Having a fresh look at property investment around the world is always a challenge. Inspired after a recent visit to the Big Apple, compiling this week’s overview of five international property investment destinations has been a treat. Busy and bustling, wealth is largely on display in the vibrant city of New York.  [...]

Skilled Australians’ departure at record The AAP, October 06, 2008 Australia has experienced its biggest annual exodus on record with 76,923 people leaving the country permanently in 2007-08, a new report shows. And it appears the skills crisis is only set to worsen with the report showing almost half of those who left Australia permanently were in [...]