The former prime minister says banning migrants from countries with high security risks is the wrong way to tackle terrorism ...

In September 2001, then Prime Minister John Howard faced two crises, the Tampa affair and the 9/11 terror attacks in Washington, that would define 20 years of Australian immigration politics.

The story of Australia is a story of migration, and the country's immigration system is once more at the centre of heated ...

That was the warning of a prominent author and historian at a national forum on migration.

Ahead of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, The Australian National University (ANU) ...

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Canberra plans to cap net migration at 225,000 and stop visa hopping as a housing crisis and the far-right One Nation party ...

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has moved to distance Labor’s migration crackdown from One Nation’s agenda by declaring his plan would lower numbers without smashing the economy, as the government ...

Last year the vanquished Liberal leader Peter Dutton was being assailed by party moderates for saying loudly that the high migration was contributing to elevated rents and property prices.

I have tended to avoid the term culture wars, partly because it is a misnomer and partly on account of the fact it has become a cliche.

Labor wanted a deal with the Coalition to reduce migration numbers, but negotiations ended Tuesday with the parties still ...

Three stories from inside the immigration crackdown.