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Intermarriage by religion in Australia
Intermarriage between adherents of different religious affiliations is increasing in Australia. However, most intermarriage occurs between the...
People and Place, 06/01/09 by Genevieve Heard; Siew-Ean Khoo; Bob Birrell · More from publication -
Immigration policy change and the international student industry
Enrolments of overseas students have grown sharply, especially in hospitality courses in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. Most...
People and Place, 06/01/09 by Bob Birrell; Bronwen Perry · More from publication -
The cooking-immigration nexus
There has been a meteoric rise in enrolments of overseas students in cooking courses in Australia from around 1019 in 2004 to 8242 in 2008. All are...
People and Place, 04/01/09 by Bob Birrell; Ernest Healy; Bob Kinnaird · More from publication -
Intermarriage between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians
Intermarriage between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is increasing as cultural and socioeconomic divisions are broken down. For the...
People and Place, 04/01/09 by Genevieve Heard; Bob Birrell; Siew-Ean Khoo · More from publication -
Intermarriage by birthplace and ancestry in Australia
Sociologists have long regarded intermarriage as a key indicator of ethnic integration. The authors analyse marriage data from the 2006 Australian...
People and Place, 04/01/09 by Siew-Ean Khoo; Bob Birrell; Genevieve Heard · More from publication -
Migrant accountants—high numbers, poor outcomes
The current Minister for Immigration, Senator Evans has said: 'The Prime Minister has made it clear, as I have, that the migration program needs to...
People and Place, 12/01/08 by Bob Birrell · More from publication -
Labor's greenhouse aspirations
The Labor government aspires to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent on year 2000 levels. Is this a realistic commitment? The issue is...
People and Place, 06/01/08 by Bob Birrell · More from publication -
Labor's education and training strategy: building on false assumptions?
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The incoming Rudd Labor Government believes that skill shortages are an important component of Australia's...
People and Place, 04/01/08 by Bob Birrell · More from publication -
How are skilled migrants doing?
Australia has experienced a boom in job creation in recent years. This has mainly been at the skilled end of the workforce and particularly among...
People and Place, 04/01/08 by Bob Birrell · More from publication -
The low income migrant tide
First release 2006 census data allow an examination of the income levels of recently arrived migrants. Their numbers jumped in the 2001 to 2006...
People and Place, 09/01/07 by Bob Birrell · More from publication
