| Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 171 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 171
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Immigration in Australia: Key facts in immigration; Immigration - the background; Overseas-born population; The metropolitan melting pot; Migration lift to young and skilled. -- Chapter 2: Immigration and the Population Debate: Population projections; People number-crunching; More younger workers are fundamental to prosperity; A potentially fatal burden on a fragile continent; Skills essential for the good ship Migrant Policy; More people mean a stronger, wealthier nation; Damaged environment demands we cut our population; Partisans 'hijack' population debate; Fertility plea 'futile'; Boom in numbers must be planned for, say greens; Roll up to a migration juggling act; Growth must come from within; Much to be gained from more Australians; Quality of our way of life is at stake with mass immigration; Small and well formed ... let's leave it that way. -- Chapter 3: The Asylum Seekers Debate: Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program; Seeking asylum within Australia; Debunking the myths about asylum seekers; Firm but fair approach to asylum seekers; A compassionate solution to boat people is not weakness; The case for detention; Leadership minus compassion is tearing us apart; No shame in putting national interest first; Border protection and compassion can coexist; There is another way to deal with boatpeople; Criminals 'better off than asylum seekers'; UN fails to offer decent alternative |
| Summary |
At the current net rate of 80,000 new migrants/year, by 2051 Australia will have approximately 25 million people, depending on currently falling fertility rates - should Australia increase or decrease its migrant intake? This book looks at the debates over migrant intake levels; population growth; and the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. What are the key economic, social, environmental, infrastructural and humanitarian issues involved in how Australia deals with immigration? |
| Analysis |
Immigration |
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Racial discrimination |
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Population size |
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Statistics |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Migration - Legal (Australia ) Demography Policy making |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 43 |
| Audience |
Senior secondary and tertiary students |
| Subject |
Population -- Environmental aspects.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Refugees -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
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Racism -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
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Racism -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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Refugees -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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Racism -- Australia.
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Refugees -- Australia.
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Australia -- Population -- Government policy -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Australia -- Population policy.
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Australia -- Population -- Government policy -- Juvenile literature.
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature.
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Australia -- Population -- Government policy.
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Genre/Form |
Issues in society
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| Author |
Healey, Justin.
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| ISBN |
1876811803 |
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