President of the Australian Population Institute Bob Birrell says Labor has 'consigned care to the winds’ with their ‘open-ended’ parent visa program, which is ‘far more generous’ than any other country in the Western World.
The Opposition has announced plans to cut the visa fee for parents of immigrants to Australia fee to one-fourth of its current cost and remove the Coalition government’s cap of 15,000 that it is currently subject to. Mr Birrell says the permanent entry parent visa has been around for some years, previously restricted to 7000 per year with onerous eligibility requirements, a product of ‘careful’ management of the family reunion program.
And every one of those visas costs the economy $400k of taxpayer money. Not costed in Labor costings. More deficits from tyhe swanny protege ausvotes
Says it all about labor's goals doesn't it.
Open the flood gates!
Disaster in the making!
Anything to get votes. No thought about social stability and infrastructure.
I’m surprised Foxtel only lost $417m last year putting on this shit Credlin Show
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Bill Shorten dismisses suggestions Labor will revisit ‘Malaysia solution’ | Sky News AustraliaBill Shorten has been forced to dismiss suggestions Labor will revive the ‘Malaysia solution’ if elected.\n\nIt comes after Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek suggested there could be potential to negotiate with Malaysia or the US if there was an increase in the number of refugees coming to Australia.\n\nThe ’Malaysia solution’ refers to Labor's last stint in government, when the party arranged with Malaysia to accept 4000 people certified as refugees in return for the Asian country taking 800 asylum seekers who had arrived in Australia.\n\nMr Shorten said there were 'no arrangements to talk with Malaysia'.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Having been to Malaysia twice, sometimes I'd prefer to live there than here. Don't trust shorten. Any term with the word solution is not good.
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Coalition can still win from behind after Newspoll’s 49:51 to Labor: Kroger | Sky News AustraliaThe latest Newspoll shows the race to next Saturday’s poll remains tightly contested, with Labor maintaining their lead of 51 per cent to Liberal’s 49 per cent two-party preferred.\n\nBoth major parties saw primary vote rises, with Liberal at 39 per cent and Labor at 37 per cent. \n\nThe Greens have remained static at nine per cent, while One Nation has dropped one to four per cent, with Clive Palmer’s Australia United Party also at four per cent. \n\nIn the preferred Prime Minister stakes, Labor leader Bill Shorten has crept up three per cent to 38 per cent, but still behind Scott Morrison at 45 per cent. \n\nSky News contributor Michael Kroger says the Coalition can still win on 49 per cent, with a chance of a pathway to victory.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n Okkkkkkkkk like we prefer one over the other DEMOCROCY IS DEAD facebook is our Leader now. Some should remind Bill. When the polls are 51-49 like they are now. The incumbent has been return 12/12 times this happened. Australia let's make it 13/13 and give Scott Morrison a chance to lead us for the next three years.
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Labor maintains narrow lead over Coalition: Newspoll | Sky News AustraliaThe latest Newspoll indicates the race to Saturday's poll remains a close struggle, with Labor maintaining its lead of 51 per cent to the Liberal's 49 per cent on two-party preferred.\n\nBoth major parties saw increases in the primary vote, with the Liberal Party leading Labor 39 to 37 per cent.\n\nMinor parties saw less action compared to previous weeks, with the Greens remaining static at nine per cent, and One Nation dropping one to four per cent, with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party on par at four per cent.\n\nOpposition leader Bill Shorten crept up three points in the preferred Prime Minister stakes but is still trailing Scott Morrison 38 to 45 per cent.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n RichardsKel Clings or holds comfortably, like every poll for the last 3 years as voters tire of an exhausted divided government with nothing new to offer this election? auspol RichardsKel Wow, undecided voters deciding an electoral outcome? Who would’ve thought? RichardsKel I want a PM who remains as PM for the full term not this soap opera of switching PM’s when a Party feels like it, I want a Leader, a strong individual who is calm but decisive who will put our country first before their own needs, voted Liberal in past but leaning towards Labor
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Labor promises budget surplus and tax relief in policy costings announcement | Sky News AustraliaPRESS CONFERENCE: Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says Labor will deliver bigger budget surpluses and bigger investments in health and education, while also assuming tax relief going forward. \n\nDelivering the Labor Party’s policy costings on Friday, Mr Bowen said a Shorten-led Labor government would deliver a budget surplus 40 per cent larger than the Coalition's. \n\nHe says the forecasts take into account all of Labor’s policies, spending and revenue, and the assumption that a Shorten Labor government will deliver further tax relief when the tax to GDP ratio is 24.3 per cent. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n Bowenchris WT actual F ... why does this article not start with the sentence ... 30 years since labours last surplus, this sock puppet, thinks he can deliver one. I am no conspiracy theorist but come on ... the fact not one journalist has said this is gaslighting at its worst ... Bowenchris Bill Shorten Labor pledges larger surpluses if elected 2007-13 Labor Chris Bowen claiming credit for a surplus that was never delivered. In fact in that year he delivered $54.5 billion deficit. Bowenchris Why don’t they take the money from their Future Fund of which tax payers money creates, instead of taking from out Super Funds. What a pack of thieves.
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Labor vies for Higgins during Liberal campaign launch | Sky News AustraliaAs the Coalition launched its re-election campaign in Melbourne on Sunday, Opposition leader Bill Shorten was across town staking his claim for a number of Liberal-held Victorian seats.\n\nMr Shorten hit the hustings in the inner-Melbourne seat of Higgins, which the Liberal's have held since its 1949 inception.\n\nCurrently held by Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer with a 7.4 per cent margin, Mr Shorten backed in the Labor candidate Fiona McLeod, describing her as a 'rock star' and a 'tip-top candidate'.\n\nWhile in Victoria, Mr Shorten also made a record $10 billion pledge to Victoria's Suburban Railway loop.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n billshortenmp Been waiting so long but nothing happened billshortenmp billshortenmp
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Labor poised to reveal policy costings | Sky News AustraliaLabor is set to reveal it's policy costings with just over a week before the nation hits the polls on May 18.\n\nThe Opposition says the figures will justify its proposed policies to voters and also hit back on the Coalition's line of attack.\n\nLabor is also expected to try and reach further refugee resettlement deals with other countries.\n\nIt comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison mocks Labor's ability to secure a better agreement with the United States.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia Bowenchris Crap Bowen. Bowenchris Bullshit chris. You have already done rxactly what you said ypu wouldn't when tje budget was release in April. Stop the lies Chris. Where is climate sham costings? That's right you want a blank cheque for that policy. ausvotes
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Coalition’s self-inflicted wounds not driving voters to Labor | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Peta Credlin says the latest Newspoll shows the Coalition’s self-inflicted wounds over the past few years have not been driving voters to Labor, and have not generated deep support for the Opposition’s ‘soak-the-middle-class’ tax policies.\n\nMs Credlin says there is not deep support for a change of government, with voters not liking what they see of Labor’s policies. \n\nThe political commentator believes this election is one of the most important in a generation and will ‘go down to the wire’. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The bride of Frankenstein would say that! nocredibilty credlin lnp auspol The election will be won on preferences this year Gee, that's not what all the polls say!
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Labor to sink $10b into Melbourne's railway loop | Sky News AustraliaLabor Leader Bill Shorten will on Sunday pledge $10 billion to improve Melbourne’s railways if the party wins the May 18 federal election.\n\nThe injection of funds will go towards the suburban railway loop unveiled by Premier Daniel Andrews in 2018, which is designed to loop through middle and outer suburbs and provide a connection between railway lines that sprawl out from the city centre.\n\nIt builds on the $5 billion promise already made for the new airport rail link, which will be one of the loop's 12 new underground stations.\n\nThe project is expected to get underway in 2022.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Bullshit Bill at it again billshortenmp This is very important for Melbourne. Good move Bill! Waste of time and money Bill. Most people know Melbourne vote Green.
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Labor maintains narrow lead over Coalition: Newspoll | Sky News AustraliaThe latest Newspoll indicates the race to Saturday's poll remains a close struggle, with Labor maintaining its lead of 51 per cent to the Liberal's 49 per cent on two-party preferred.\n\nBoth major parties saw increases in the primary vote, with the Liberal Party leading Labor 39 to 37 per cent.\n\nMinor parties saw less action compared to previous weeks, with the Greens remaining static at nine per cent, and One Nation dropping one to four per cent, with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party on par at four per cent.\n\nOpposition leader Bill Shorten crept up three points in the preferred Prime Minister stakes but is still trailing Scott Morrison 38 to 45 per cent.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n ljayes LiberalAus Policy coming?! Or is it status quo trickledown... ljayes LiberalAus guess the anticipated big dump is really going to be big ljayes LiberalAus Don't worry about polls and I can guarantee it won't be LNP voters who suffer more under a Shorten/DiNatali Govt ...it will be the Labor voters
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High risk to vote Labor with Greens’ planned hate speech ban: Jones | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Alan Jones says there are high risks being taken if people walk into the ballot box and vote for Labor, due to the Greens’ planned hate speech ban.\n\nMr Jones says Labor will ‘presumably’ adopt the same policy of making hate speech illegal, which he says is subjective.\n\nThe broadcaster says those championing the ban want to ‘shut up’ debate and don’t want an open platform where ideas can be canvassed.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n AlanJones hate speech is speech that the Far Left hate, this will be the most hard left totalitarian socialist Government in Australia's history AlanJones Isn't that what Alan Jones does best hatespeech AlanJones
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