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Australia to cut annual permanent migrant intake from 190,000 to 160,000

Australia allowed 162,417 permanent migrants in financial year 2017-18

Australian dollar sinks after central bank opens door to possible rate cut

The U-turn pushed the Australian dollar 1.5 per cent lower, putting it on track for its biggest daily drop in a year

Australian man arrested for sending suspicious parcels to foreign missions

The Indian and the US consulates on St Kilda Road were among a number across Melbourne and Canberra targeted with suspicious packages

Tour operators milk cricket craze, offer Australia matches in itinerary

India is slated to play four tests and three one day and T20 matches each in a two-month tour beginning November 21

Australia unveils $2.18 bn Pacific fund to counter China's sway in region

Australia and China have been vying for influence in sparsely populated Pacific island countries that control vast swathes of resource-rich oceans

Australian state offers $70,000 reward as strawberries 'sabotaged'

Queensland is a major strawberry producer in a national industry worth more than A$130 million a year

The secret to Australia avoiding recession: Mass immigration

Governments from the US to the UK to Europe have clamped down on immigration as voters are increasingly drawn to populist parties blaming foreigners for widening social and economic inequality

Australia's realty revival has Wall Street wooing a newspaper

Australia's remarkable and unbalanced property boom appears to be the driver behind the bids

The end of the Australian dream?

It has enjoyed longest period of economic expansion of any developed country in modern history

Australia unveils major changes to citizenship process

Changes will ensure that migrants were better integrated into the community, says Malcolm Turnbull

Australia toughens foreign worker visas

PM Turnbull, in a Facebook post, says Australian jobs are for Australians

No temporary workers: Australia stops visa scheme used most by Indians

Announcement comes right after Australian PM's Malcolm Turnbull's India visit

Indian-origin man assaulted in Australia, police launches probe

Police said they have spoken to a number of witnesses and were following a line of inquiry

Sydney boy pleads guilty to plotting attack on Australian Veteran's Day

He will remain in custody until the case returns to court on April 21

Another airline scare in Australian as regional jet makes emergency landing

The flight landed safely in Sydney

Another racial attack? Indian-origin Catholic priest stabbed in Melbourne

The attacker called priest unqualified to say mass as he was an Indian

Australia passes bill to detain terrorists indefinitely

Australia's PM Malcolm Turnbull flagged the move in July, prompted by the frequency and severity of attacks around the world

US officials arrive in Australia to assess asylum seekers

Australia in a deal with United States would take around 1,200 refugees held at the Australian-funded offshore processing centres

Australia cuts stay of skilled visa holders to 60 days, Indians to be impacted the most

Foreign workers on a 457 visa will only now be able to stay in Australia for 60 days after their employment ends instead of 90.

Hindi to be part of foreign languages for Australian pre-schoolers

Birmingham said almost 10,000 children had been part of the USD 9.8 million programme so far, with almost two in three students studying either Chinese or Japanese.