Migrant intake into Australia
Public inquiry
This inquiry has concluded. A public inquiry into the greater use of charges relative to quotas and qualitative criteria to determine the intake of temporary and permanent entrants into Australia.
Issues Paper 1 May 2015
The issues paper is available and it covers a range of issues on which the Commission sought information and feedback, and was intended to assist you in preparing a submission. Initial submissions were due 12 June 2015. R
In undertaking this inquiry, the Commission used evidence from Australia and overseas to report on and make recommendations about the following:
- The benefits and costs of permanent migration.
- The scope to use alternative methods for determining the intake of permanent migrants and the effects these would have. This should include examination of a specific scenario in which entry charges for migrants are the primary basis for the selection of migrants.
- The benefits and costs of temporary migration with an examination of the use of charges as the primary basis for regulating the level and composition of this migration.
- Mechanisms for achieving an optimal interaction between temporary and permanent migration.
Government response
There has not been a government response to this inquiry yet.
