Immigration and Migration Policy and reforms

IMMIGRATION AUSTRALIA

AI‑ENABLED, REDUCED‑BUDGET MODEL

Australians Unified – Immigration, Citizenship, Borders & National Cohesion Portfolio Lean agency • Higher capability • Lower cost • Fair, secure, values‑aligned migration

 

OUR ROLE

Immigration Australia:

  • Manages visas, migration pathways, and citizenship processing

  • Protects the integrity of Australia’s borders and migration system

  • Supports skilled migration, humanitarian programs, and family reunification

  • Ensures migration aligns with national values and community expectations

  • Strengthens social cohesion and cultural integration

  • Provides transparent, fair, and efficient immigration services

This model transforms Immigration Australia into a lean, AI‑powered, values‑aligned agency that is faster, fairer, and more secure.

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Immigration Reform for a Stronger, Secure, and Sustainable Australia

Australia’s immigration system is no longer serving the national interest. Our population has surged past 27 million, placing enormous pressure on housing, infrastructure, wages, and essential services. Homeownership is slipping out of reach, wages are stagnating, and Australians are being forced to compete with cheap foreign labour.

This must change.

Australia needs a common‑sense immigration system that protects national security, strengthens social cohesion, and ensures immigration supports — rather than undermines — Australian prosperity.

Stop Political Parties from Vote Seeding Electorates with welfare driven immigration policies to ensure democratic processes

1. Enforce the Law: Deport Illegal Migrants

Australia has an estimated 75,000–100,000 illegal migrants, including visa overstayers and unlawful workers.

Policy Actions

  • Immediate deportation of illegal migrants.

  • Mandatory removal of any visa holder who commits a violent or serious crime.

  • End the culture of non‑enforcement that undermines border integrity.

Outcome: A safer nation, stronger wages, and restored public confidence.

2. Cut and Cap Immigration to Sustainable Levels

Australia cannot continue importing population at the current rate without worsening housing shortages and infrastructure strain.

Policy Actions

  • Cap permanent visas at 100,000–130,000 per year.

  • Reduce net migration by over 500,000 from current levels.

  • Prioritise Australian workers and ease pressure on housing, services, and cost of living.

Outcome: A sustainable population trajectory that protects living standards.

3. Stop Skilled Visa Abuse

The skilled migration system is being used to import cheap labour instead of filling genuine shortages.

Policy Actions

  • Tighten labour‑market testing.

  • Ban employers who repeatedly exploit visa workers.

  • Prioritise Australian apprentices, trainees programs to ensure Australian standards are met

Outcome: Higher wages and more opportunities for Australians.

 

4. End Student Visa Loopholes

Student visas have become a backdoor to permanent residency and low‑wage labour.

Policy Actions

  • Cap foreign student numbers at 1% of Australia’s population.

  • Shut down fraudulent training providers and diploma mills.

  • Require foreign students with poor attendance to return home and study online.

  • Increase student visa fees to cover infrastructure and service costs.

Outcome: A high‑quality education sector that doesn’t distort the housing market.

 

5. Fix the Appeals System

The current appeals process is being used to delay deportations for years.

Policy Actions

  • Abolish the Administrative Review Tribunal for immigration matters.

  • Require all bridging‑visa holders to return home before reapplying.

  • Streamline deportation pathways for unlawful non‑citizens.

Outcome: Faster, fairer, and more efficient immigration enforcement.

 

6. Restore Strong Border Protection

Policy Actions

  • Reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas.

  • Maintain strong maritime and border security.

  • Withdraw from the UN Refugee Convention to ensure Australia alone decides who enters on humanitarian grounds.

Outcome: A sovereign immigration system free from foreign interference will assist the Home affairs in creating a safer Australia

 

7. Strengthen National Security

Policy Actions

  • Deny entry to migrants from nations known to foster extremist ideologies.

  • Mandatory deportation for any migrant who engages in extremist activity.

  • Enhanced background checks and intelligence screening.

Outcome: A safer, more cohesive Australia.

 

8. Citizenship and Welfare Reform

Policy Actions

  • Introduce an eight‑year waiting period for citizenship.

  • Require 10 years of contribution before accessing welfare.

  • Mandatory private health and income protection for all new arrivals.

  • Pro‑rated pensions based on years worked in Australia.

Outcome: A fair system where new arrivals contribute before they draw from public services.

 

9. Repeal Unsustainable Migration Agreements

Some recent migration deals dramatically increase temporary workers and students, worsening housing shortages and job competition.

Policy Action

  • Repeal agreements that increase migration pressure and renegotiate terms that prioritise Australian workers and community stability.

 

10. Support Regional Australia & Workforce Development

Policy Actions

  • Encourage migrants to settle in regional areas where labour is genuinely needed.

  • Introduce a military apprenticeship scheme to train young Australians in trades.

  • Reform financial capital controls to reduce household debt and lift the birth rate.

Outcome: A stronger workforce, revitalised regions, and reduced reliance on imported labour.

 

The Bottom Line

This immigration reform package:

  • Protects Australian jobs

  • Reduces pressure on housing and infrastructure

  • Strengthens national security

  • Restores border integrity

  • Ensures immigration serves the national interest

  • Puts Australians first

  • target skilled migration to develop Australian business and education programs

This is the path to a stronger, safer, and more sustainable Australia.

 

OUR STRENGTHS

Migration & National Interest Strengths

  • Strong legal frameworks

  • Skilled migration pathways

  • Global reputation for fairness

  • Established border‑security systems

  • Humanitarian leadership

AI‑Enhanced Strengths (New Model)

  • Automated visa triage

  • AI‑driven identity verification

  • Predictive migration modelling

  • Real‑time processing dashboards

  • Reduced manual workload

OUR WEAKNESSES (PRE‑REFORM)

  • Unsustainable population growth that leads to a variety of socio-economic challenges

  • Housing and infrastructure strain resulting in inadequate public services and amenities

  • Skilled visa misuse for non-genuine purposes that undermines the intent of our immigration policies

  • Student visa loopholes that allow exploitation of educational opportunities and contribute to unauthorized employment

  • Slow appeals system causing significant delays in processing and resolution of critical immigration cases

  • High administrative overhead that diverts resources from essential services and programs

  • Fragmented systems across agencies creating inefficiencies and hindering effective collaboration

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OUR THREATS

External Threats

  • Global instability and displacement

  • Identity fraud and cybercrime

  • International competition for skilled workers

  • Extremist ideology infiltration

Internal Threats

  • Outdated systems

  • Non‑enforcement culture

  • Political manipulation of migration flows

  • Unsustainable migration agreements

 

OUR OPPORTUNITIES (AI‑ENABLED)

  • Automate visa processing and identity checks

  • Deploy AI‑enabled fraud detection

  • Reduce administrative overhead

  • Improve transparency and reporting

  • Strengthen independence through tamper‑proof systems

  • Reinvest savings into settlement, cohesion, and regional development

High-level comparison

 

Key differences by policy area

1. Intake and population sustainability

Current:

  • Migration targets set largely on economic growth assumptions.

  • Weak linkage to housing supply, infrastructure capacity, or wage growth.

Your plan:

  • Hard cap of 100k–130k permanent visas per year.

  • Explicit objective: relieve pressure on housing, services, and wages.

Legislative changes:

  • Migration Act amendment to:

    • Set an annual statutory cap on permanent visas.

    • Require an annual “Capacity Statement” (housing, infrastructure, labour market) to justify any change to the cap.

 

2. Illegal migrants and criminal visa holders

Current:

  • Complex removal pathways, multiple appeals.

  • Criminal visa cancellations occur, but often delayed and contested.

Your plan:

  • Immediate deportation of illegal migrants.

  • Automatic deportation for serious/violent offenders.

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Migration Act to:

    • Create a “mandatory removal” category for unlawful non‑citizens.

    • Define “serious/violent offence” with automatic visa cancellation and removal.

    • Impose statutory timeframes for removal.

 

3. Skilled visa integrity

Current:

  • Employer sponsorship with labor‑market testing that can be superficial.

  • Limited penalties for rorting.

  • test requirements and course completions to Australian standards implemented

Your plan:

  • Tight labor‑market testing.

  • Ban repeat‑offender employers.

  • Priorities local training and apprenticeships. 

  • deportation of immigrants with fake  degrees

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Migration Regulations to:

    • Strengthen labour‑market testing (advertising duration, wage floors, evidence).

    • Create a “Prohibited Sponsor Register” for exploitative employers.

  • New Workforce Sovereignty & Skills Act to:

    • Link skilled visa quotas to domestic training benchmarks.

 

4. Student visas and education integrity

Current:

  • Large foreign student intake.

  • Education used as migration pathway.

  • Weak enforcement on attendance and provider quality.

Your plan:

  • Cap foreign students at 1% of population.

  • Shut down fraudulent providers.

  • Require poor‑attendance students to return home.

  • Increase visa fees to cover infrastructure costs.

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act to:

    • Introduce a national cap on foreign student numbers.

    • Create a fast‑track closure mechanism for fraudulent providers.

  • Amend Migration Regulations to:

    • Tie visa conditions to strict attendance and academic progress.

    • Mandate offshore continuation if conditions breached.

  • New Student Infrastructure Levy in migration legislation.

 

5. Appeals and the Administrative Review Tribunal

Current:

  • Multiple appeal layers (Department → AAT/ART → courts).

  • Long delays, bridging visas, system clogging.

Your plan:

  • Abolish ART/AAT for migration matters.

  • Require bridging‑visa holders to leave before reapplying.

Legislative changes:

  • Repeal or amend relevant parts of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act for migration.

  • Amend Migration Act to:

    • Replace merits review with a limited, fast internal review.

    • Restrict judicial review to narrow legal error grounds.

    • Require offshore re‑application for those on bridging visas.

 

6. Border protection, TPVs, and UN framework

Current:

  • No Temporary Protection Visas.

  • Bound by UN Refugee Convention obligations.

Your plan:

  • Reintroduce TPVs.

  • Withdraw from UN Refugee Convention.

  • Maintain strong maritime and border security.

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Migration Act to:

    • Reinstate TPV and Safe Haven Enterprise Visa classes.

  • Pass a Sovereign Refugee Policy Act to:

    • Define Australia’s own humanitarian criteria.

    • Provide for withdrawal from the UN Refugee Convention and re‑framing obligations in domestic law.

 

7. National security and extremist risk

Current:

  • General security checks, but no explicit “extremist‑source nation” exclusion.

Your plan:

  • Deny entry from nations known to foster extremist ideologies.

  • Mandatory deportation for extremist activity.

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Migration Act to:

    • Create a “High‑Risk Country List” with presumptive refusal.

    • Define “extremist activity” as a ground for mandatory cancellation and removal.

  • Amend ASIO/Intelligence legislation to:

    • Formalise security risk assessments in visa decision‑making.

 

8. Citizenship and welfare access

Current:

  • Shorter residency requirements for citizenship.

  • Earlier access to welfare and pensions.

Your plan:

  • 8‑year waiting period for citizenship.

  • 10‑year contribution requirement for welfare.

  • Mandatory private health and income protection.

  • Pro‑rated pensions based on years worked.

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Australian Citizenship Act to:

    • Extend residency requirement to 8 years.

  • Amend Social Security Act to:

    • Introduce a 10‑year qualifying period for most benefits.

    • Pro‑rate age pension based on Australian working years.

  • New Immigrant Self‑Reliance Act to:

    • Require private health and income protection for new arrivals.

 

9. Migration agreements and bilateral deals

Current:

  • Bilateral deals that increase temporary workers and students.

  • Often negotiated with limited population‑pressure safeguards.

Your plan:

  • Repeal deals that increase migration pressure.

  • Renegotiate with housing, jobs, and infrastructure as core tests.

Legislative changes:

  • Require Parliamentary approval for major migration‑affecting treaties.

  • New Population Impact Assessment requirement for any agreement that materially increases migration.

 

10. Regional settlement and domestic workforce development

Current:

  • Regional visas exist but are weakly enforced.

  • Heavy reliance on migrants to fill skill gaps.

Your plan:

  • Stronger regional settlement conditions.

  • Military apprenticeship scheme.

  • Financial reforms to reduce household debt and lift birth rate.

  • means test that fit Australian Cultural standards

Legislative changes:

  • Amend Migration Regulations to:

    • Tighten regional visa conditions and enforcement.

  • New National Apprenticeship & Defence Trades Act to:

    • Create a military apprenticeship pathway.

  • Amend banking/credit legislation to:

    • Support lower household debt (e.g., macro‑prudential tools, LVR/DTI settings).

How to Stop Vote Seeding into Marginal Seats

Vote seeding undermines democratic fairness by manipulating voter placement in marginal seats. Key prevention measures include:

  • Independent electoral boundaries to avoid gerrymandering.

  • Transparent, updated voter registration systems.

  • Strict residency requirements to prevent artificial population shifts.

  • Rigorous election monitoring and audits.

  • Legal penalties for offenders.

  • Public awareness and accessible reporting channels.

  • Strengthened electoral laws to close loopholes.

Together, these steps protect election integrity in closely contested seats.

Policy Changes to Stop Vote Seeding into Marginal Seats

To safeguard electoral fairness and prevent vote seeding, consider these policy reforms:

  • Establish independent electoral commissions to draw boundaries impartially and prevent gerrymandering.

  • Implement robust, transparent voter registration systems with regular updates and audits.

  • Enforce strict residency and eligibility criteria to ensure voters reside legitimately in their electorates.

  • Increase funding and authority for election monitoring bodies to detect and deter manipulation.

  • Introduce clear legal penalties and swift prosecution for vote seeding and related electoral fraud.

  • Promote public education campaigns on electoral rights and reporting mechanisms for suspicious activities.

  • Close legislative loopholes that allow manipulation of voter rolls or residency claims.

These policy changes strengthen democratic integrity and ensure marginal seats reflect genuine voter intent.