As the Coalition considers adding an Australian Values test to the Character Test, Abul Rizvi asks a simple question: what happens when you apply it to someone whose behaviour is extensively ...

Confirming reports the Coalition is seeking to block visas for people who do not uphold Australian values, two shadow ministers spruiked the test as a reasonable requirement of settlement. The policy ...

The Australian also understands the Coalition is considering using the housing pipeline as a factor in setting its net overseas migration target, although numbers will not be part of the first plank ...

The second Ashes Test in Brisbane at The Gabba is over, and it's another defeat for England. The visitors are now 2-0 down in the series with Australia needing one more win from the last three matches ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia dodged a bullet for their painfully slow over rate on day one of the Gabba Test – avoiding potential ICC penalties only by ...

The Coalition is set to unveil its immigration policy, expected to include cuts to migration levels, by the year's end. Opposition leader Sussan Ley says the Coalition's forthcoming immigration policy ...

With the vicious internal net zero debate ending in the opposition scrapping carbon neutrality altogether, immigration has emerged as the next major policy battleground. In an interview published on ...

Tougher values and language test for aspiring migrants could form a part of the Coalition's migration policy. Sussan Ley says the policy will explore those issues, though she says tensions in ...

Australia's Opposition party has proposed tougher migrant screening to ensure newcomers embrace Australian "values", prompting debate about cultural identity testing. TAKE THE TEST Former PM John ...

Former PM John Howard once joked that migrants, just to see how ridgy-didge they were, should be asked to name Don Bradman’s batting average. It’s often reported that Mr Howard (pictured), a cricket ...