Australia’s immigration system set for overhaul after damning review

Associate Professor Anna Boucher, Chair of the Discipline of Government and International Relations, examines the key changes proposed for Australian immigration. The Albanese government's  review of Australia's migration system  offers a blueprint for overhauling the troubled system and addressing at least some of its shortcomings. Touted as the biggest review of immigration since the 1988 FitzGerald Report, the Parkinson Review covers issues as diverse as our reliance on temporary immigration, skills lists and care shortages, immigration backlogs and ageing information technology systems in Home Affairs. The review represents a wholesale critique and potential upheaval of the immigration system, rather than, in the words of Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, "ad hoc" changes. At its centre is the argument that Australia has become too reliant on temporary migrants, without clear pathways for them to permanent residency. National Press Club. Clare O'Neil discusses report about Australia's 'broken' migration system What did the review find?.