Hello and happy Friday.
A big week in migration and population news is about to end. Here’s all the news you need. Please share.
Shergold report
On Thursday evening the Government released its response to the Shergold report into refugee settlement, along with the report’s recommendations, to media.
Here’s some of the coverage from Friday morning:
On Friday the full report was released.
Friday morning’s news stories were written without the full report. Did anything from the report jump out to you?
People of Australia
Research from Wanning Sun at UTS shows Chinese migrants don’t always side with China.
What else happened
Policy
The parliamentary committee looking at regional migration held hearings in South Australia this week. Transcripts are emerging here. Kristina Keneally took to Twitter.
For the first time in close to a decade, the Hobart Mercury has a journalist in the Canberra Press Gallery. Claire Bickers (who also works for the Adelaide Advertiser), covered ($) the surge of migrants moving to Tasmania.
The Economist looked at why the arguments against immigration are so popular.
Rebecca Huntley asked about the impact of multiculturalism and difference in regional areas:
I am left wondering, what do regional communities miss out on if they aren't welcoming migrants as much as they could be? And what opportunities do new migrants miss out on when they dismiss the possibility of a life outside our biggest cities?
The SMH/Age looked at the UK experience around visa privatisation in light of the current debate in Australia.
ABC produced a video fact file on asylum seekers arriving by plane.
SBS reported how more than 500 visa scams are reported each year in Australia.
My regional visa explainer went up. The Daily Telegraph also covered ($) the launch. Jade Gailberger at The Advertiser picked up ($) some of the criticisms.
People
Lots of news about Behrouz Boochani appeared this week alongside his visit to New Zealand. Here’s The Australian ($), The Guardian, The Guardian again, TVNZ, and SBS. Peter Dutton said the Iranian writer would never set foot in Australia.
Population
ABC looked at how population trends had impacted the built environment.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg signalled a push to keep older people in work longer.
The world
The Economist argued how immigration makes the world “brainier”, with an Australian angle:
Cristina Talacko moved to Australia because she married an Australian. Her foreign law degrees did not allow her to practise there so she started her own business. She noticed that her friends loved it when she served pão de queijo, a light, fluffy, buttery snack from her native Brazil. So she went back to Brazil and studied how to make the buns in bulk. She could not find the right machinery in Australia, so she imported it from Brazil and started selling what for Aussies was a novel (and gluten-free) treat. Business boomed. Now Ms Talacko exports tasty tucker to 25 countries.
CNN covered a downturn in the international education sector in the US.
And questions have emerged around New Zealand’s prioritisation of visa applications.
Thanks for reading. Catch you next week.
Jack