Australian immigration boom may have peaked
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10:48 16/05/2014
Australian immigration may have peaked, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Net inward migration in the year to March 2014 stood at 380,910. This is slightly...
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19:59 15/05/2014
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18:32 19/03/2014
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England cricket writers forced to leave Australia by visa expiry
16:44 11/02/2014
Three English cricket writers were forced to leave Australia before the end of England's disastrous cricket tour because their visas had expired. The men, John Etheridge of The Sun, Paul Newman of...
