This guide provides key internet links to information about: skilled migration, family migration, temporary migration, and multiculturalism.

Introduction Countering violent extremism was highlighted as an ‘essential element’ of efforts to deal with the ‘foreign fighters’ issue in a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted on 24 September 2014 (Resolution 2178 (2014)). On 11 January 2015, the White House announced it would host a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on 18 February 2015...

This paper outlines Australia's refugee resettlement program, and the various legal and political questions surrounding it. What is a refugee? The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the 1951 Refugee Convention) is the key international legal document defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of countries that are signatories...

The casualisation of the Australian workforce proceeded at a more or less steady pace from 1992 to 2004. Introduction There is no formal definition of casual employment in the sense that it has a meaning set down in law or specified in awards and agreements. Instead, casual employment has generally been regarded as employment in...

The paper provides an overview of the expenditure of high cost drugs in Australia and examines the average annual growth of these programs. The outlook for expenditure on high cost medicines and possible policy responses is also considered. Executive summary • Despite an overall slowing of growth in expenditure on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)...