Cormann’s Cuts: another plank in the push for privatisation of Australia’s visa system
- sarahjohnsnc
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min read
The Morrison Government seems hell-bent on privatising Australia’s visa system. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and department boss Mike Pezzullo have been fingered for the immigration debacle and the explosion in asylum applications from Malaysia and China. Former Deputy Secretary of Immigration, Abul Rizvi, reports on the role of Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.
The Government has argued the surge in asylum applications from Chinese and Malaysian citizens is just part of normal growth in the caseload (see here). Nothing could be further from the truth. The surge is entirely the result of poor policy such as the staffing cap, Home Affairs rushing implementation of e:visas for Chinese nationals to save money and one that is slow to respond when things go wrong despite its rhetoric about being strong on border protection and immigration integrity.
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