Population debate more than immigration
April 5, 2010 - 10:29AM AAP The debate on Australia's population is more than an "old style immigration debate", the first federal minister for the issue says. Tony Burke was on Saturday appointed population minister, after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd succumbed to growing public pressure to better evaluate what numbers the...
Rudd flips on ‘big Australia’
From The Age JOSH GORDON April 4, 2010 THE federal government will consider slashing Australia's annual migration intake to help tackle concerns about traffic congestion, housing, hospitals, water and the environment. Just months after declaring himself in favour of a ''big Australia'', Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday...
Dark side of the boom
From The Age Peter Martin April 2, 2010 VICTORIA has become one of the toughest places in Australia to find a job, despite creating full-time jobs at a blistering pace of more than 200 a day. The paradox is revealed in the latest job vacancy survey from the Bureau of Statistics, which found there were 33,000 positions...
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