# migration policy (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover migration policy. Page: Feed: --- ## [Former ASIO agent offers to give evidence to Bondi royal commission](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/bondi-royal-commission-could-hear-from-former-asio-agent-/107090920) _2026-08-28 · Tom Lowrey · Politics_ The former agent, known as Marcus, worked with ASIO to infiltrate Islamic State networks in Western Sydney years before the attack. ## [Australia's tobacco tax crushed smoking. Has it gone too far?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/expensive-cigarettes-excise-black-market-tobacco/107076242) _2026-08-28 · Clare Armstrong and Lexie Jeuniewic · Politics_ A decade ago, illegal cigarettes made up about 10 per cent of sales in Australia. Now it's 80 per cent, so how did we get here? ## [Bowen says 'no carve-outs' after Queensland claims data centre win](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/bowen-says-no-carve-outs-for-states-on-data-centre-power/107089824) _2026-08-28 · Clare Armstrong · Politics_ Queensland and the Northern Territory will not have control over how data centres are powered, the federal government insists, declaring there will be "no exceptions and no carve-outs" under its renewables plan. ## [Labor, Coalition and One Nation fight among themselves on migration](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/coalition-joins-migration-debate-confusion/107084294) _2026-08-27 · Jake Evans · Politics_ A messy week of debate on migration has now drawn in the Coalition after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor left the door open to cuts to the refugee intake, a day after his frontbench colleague said humanitarian visas would not be touched. ## [The world wants to build data centres in Australia, but we want something in return](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/ai-companies-want-to-leverage-australian-data-centres/107086534) _2026-08-27 · Clare Armstrong · Politics_ Australia is in a "sliding doors" moment with a chance to negotiate a bigger share of the AI boom in exchange for building data centres. ## [Coalition leaves door open to cutting annual refugee intake — as it happened](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/federal-politics-live-blog-politics-nepal-tibet/107087958) _2026-08-27 · Joshua Boscaini · Politics_ Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has left the door open to reducing Australia's annual refugee intake below the current number of 20,000. ## [Albanese is seeking the icing on the international cake](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/albanese-security-council-united-nations-wong-climate-conference/107076158) _2026-08-27 · Michelle Grattan · Politics_ Securing a UN Security Council seat would cap the Albanese government's international efforts. ## [Darren Chester on the day he collapsed in parliament](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/darren-chester-barnaby-joyce-one-nation-kitchen-cabinet/107077216) _2026-08-27 · Anastasia Safioleas · Politics_ From watching Barnaby Joyce leave the National Party for One Nation to his collapse in parliament as bushfires ravaged his electorate, Darren Chester has seen a lot in his 18 years in parliament. ## [A GST deal and the NDIS blew out by billions — but one is sacred](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/labor-national-cabinet-gst-data-centres-humanitarian-intake/107074572) _2026-08-27 · Jake Evans · Politics_ The Albanese government had a turbulent week with tussles over data centres and division within the Labor party over its humanitarian intake. ## [Albanese's rare concession in the energy wars is revealing](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/national-cabinet-meeting-data-centres-energy/107076184) _2026-08-26 · David Speers · Politics_ As is so often the case in Australia, the politics came down to a fight over energy. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/70yQmfW02XMC) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [The home of the Ford Falcon may soon become Australia's AI engine room](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/proposal-to-turn-former-ford-factory-into-giant-data-centre/107075906) _2026-08-26 · Mike Lorigan · Politics_ For more than half a century, this Ford manufacturing plant was known as the home of the iconic Falcon. Now there is a proposal to turn it into a giant data centre and locals are worried. ## [Queensland allowed to use coal, gas for data centres despite renewable push](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/gun-licences-restricted-to-citizens-data-centre-carve-out/107079926) _2026-08-26 · Holly Tregenza and Clare Armstrong · Politics_ The state's premier says it is a "good win" for his state, which owns much of its own electricity infrastructure, while the federal government had previously demanded states use renewables as a standard. ## [Overseas nurses, teachers among skilled workers bumped to back of visa queue](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/nurses-teachers-overseas-visa-applicant-delay/107065692) _2026-08-21 · Jane Norman · Politics_ Business leaders hope the current visa settings will be in place for 'a very short time', given the visa decision wait time blow out. ## [Federal government to fund majority of ACT gun buyback scheme](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/act-gun-buyback-scheme-federal-government-to-fund-majority/107064302) _2026-08-21 · Charlie Gore · Politics_ The ACT government committed to being part of a national gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, but until now it has remained in negotiation with the federal government over how it would be funded. ## [Burke breaks silence on ex-ASIO agent's royal commission testimony](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/ex-asio-agent-can-give-bondi-rc-evidence-in-open-hearing-burke/107064756) _2026-08-21 · Tom Lowrey · Politics_ In his first public remarks on the case, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed that the ex-ASIO agent's testimony can be heard in public. ## [Is super a bigger political bomb than Medicare? We're about to find out](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/is-super-a-bigger-deal-than-medicare-for-labor/107063146) _2026-08-21 · Tom Crowley · Politics_ A political war over superannuation has been inflamed in the past fortnight, with both the Coalition and One Nation facing a fight with Labor and the industry. ## [Brethren Church denies paying influencers to harass election candidates](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/exclusive-brethren-church-denies-harrasment-federal-election/107061934) _2026-08-21 · Holly Tregenza · Politics_ The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church says it did not pay or coordinate with far-right influencers to harass and intimidate candidates during last year's federal election, following allegations published in Nine newspapers. ## [The healthcare change that has some veterans furious](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/veterans-healthcare-change-sparks-fury/107060900) _2026-08-20 · Tom Lowrey · Politics_ Jacqui Lambie's emotional moment in the Senate taps into veteran fury over a government change to healthcare access. ## [Outlook worsens for government to meet 1.2 million houses promise](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/timeline-housing-accord-slips-further/107058404) _2026-08-20 · Jake Evans · Politics_ Government advisers extend their outlook on when 1.2 million homes will be built, as developers, builders and investors wait to see whether the housing market will settle or fall further. ## ['Completely unacceptable': Albanese lashes AFL over response to Swans scandal](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/albanese-swans-afl-allegations-melons-and-zomi-frankcom/107060154) _2026-08-20 · Paul Johnson · Politics_ The prime minister has called on the AFL to "do better" in response to the Sydney Swans scandal engulfing the league. ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GwmlkpyinYVl) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Government extends aged care program funding shopping and transport help](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/government-extends-home-support-program-for-older-australians/107058406) _2026-08-20 · Evelyn Manfield · Politics_ A government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended until 2029 after ongoing uncertainty about its future. ## [Family of Zomi Frankcom 'deeply disappointed' by IDF report — as it happened](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/federal-politics-live-blog-zomi-frankcom/107055724) _2026-08-19 · Joshua Boscaini · Politics_ Australian Zomi Frankcom's family demands an independent investigation after the IDF cleared its soldiers of wrongdoing in the aid worker's death. ## [Australia and China cooperate to bust illegal tobacco smuggling syndicate](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/china-and-australia-work-together-on-tobacco-syndicate/107056140) _2026-08-19 · Politics_ Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in millions of cigarettes being seized. ## [Labor has made the most of its cooperation with the Coalition](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/labor-coalition-deals-ndis-gambling-cooperation-albanese-taylor/107049472) _2026-08-19 · David Speers · Politics_ Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation. ## [Public servants repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal charges](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/public-servants-pay-back-credit-card-charges/107056002) _2026-08-19 · Jack McKay · Politics_ Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards, including food delivery orders, in the past financial year. ## ['What we've all been hoping for': Breast cancer drug gets green light](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/breast-cancer-pbs-drug-lifeline/107049936) _2026-08-18 · Stephanie Dalzell · Politics_ Women with breast cancer left contemplating drastic surgery because of uncertainty over a critical drug have been offered a lifeline, with an equivalent medication on track to be subsidised. ## [Gambling red flag system under fire as 'Dracula in charge'](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/gambling-reforms-include-red-flag-system-for-problem-gamblers/107052290) _2026-08-18 · Clare Armstrong · Politics_ A plan to create a red flag system that tags customers showing signs of problem gambling is labelled weak by advocates. ## [Controversial changes to NDIS will pass after Labor strikes deal with Coalition](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/ndis-changes-pass-after-labor-strikes-deal-with-coalition/107051964) _2026-08-18 · Ewa Staszewska · Politics_ The controversial changes to the NDIS have passed the Senate after Labor struck a deal with the Coalition, tabling 63 amendments to the reforms. ## [Landlords forced to offer renters two-year lease under planned union push](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/two-year-rental-lease-minimum-union-public-housing/107047316) _2026-08-18 · Holly Tregenza · Politics_ The ACTU wants all renters to have access to a two-year lease and says the government should turn to modular buildings to significantly increase public housing stock. ## [Labor prepared to fast-track fix to negative gearing 'widow tax'](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/labor-fast-track-widow-tax-negative-gearing/107048894) _2026-08-18 · Jake Evans · Politics_ Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is prepared to fast-track a fix to the unintended "widow tax" created by its changes to negative gearing if it will win the Coalition's support to save $37 billion in NDIS spending. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tWILY614d80M) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Anthony Albanese's teen social media ban has a shark problem](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/teen-social-media-ban-efficacy-sharks-tech-companies/107044990) _2026-08-17 · Cam Wilson · Politics_ If the prime minister is right and there's no time to waste, how much more of it can we spend just waiting for the teen social media ban to work? ## [Is One Nation really chasing the pink vote?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/one-nation-pink-vote-gay-barnaby-joyce-pauline-hanson-voter-base/107043302) _2026-08-16 · Patricia Karvelas · Politics_ If One Nation genuinely wants to replace the Liberals and Nationals as the dominant force on the right, it needs a broader voter base. That is where the gay vote comes in. ## [40,000 skilled migrants needed to fill jobs on mine sites](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/mining-business-immigrant-worker-skilled-visa-economy/107043674) _2026-08-16 · Holly Tregenza · Politics_ Business and mining leaders are warning it is critical for Australia to remain a destination of choice for skilled migrants, resisting a push from across the political spectrum to cut the immigration intake.