AI & the National Interest
1,825,403 people are in Australia on temporary visas, six times the figure the government quotes.
This section argues a case. It is editorially separate from Mindiam news reporting, which stays neutral. Every figure here comes from a public record and is linked, so you can check the argument against the data rather than taking it on trust.
Source data
The numbers in this section come from the Australian Public AI Register, an open dataset published under CC-BY. Every row carries its source URL and the date it was retrieved, and the full change history is public, so any figure here can be traced back to the record it came from and checked independently.
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One in five job seekers say there are too many applicants. The standing population is 1,825,403.
New ABS data shows one in five job seekers say there are too many applicants for jobs, as Australia's temporary visa population stands at 1,825,403.
AI took the junior cyber analyst's job. The visa queue for it stayed full size.
45% of Australian firms have already replaced entry-level cybersecurity staff with AI, new research finds, while the visa pathway for that work stays full size.
Victoria took away your right to object. The pace of growth is the reason.
Victoria's new rules mean neighbours can no longer object to towers on their street. The pressure behind it is how fast the population is growing.
Snowy 2.0 now costs 12 times its budget. The Liberals are right to want answers.
Snowy 2.0 could now cost up to $25 billion, 12 times its budget. Why the Liberals are right to want answers, and what cheap power means for your bills.
The skills shortage is shrinking. The visa pathway is not.
Only 27 per cent of occupations are now short of workers on the government's own list. So why is the visa pathway built on that shortage still the same size?
Capricornia is the new coalition in miniature. One Nation should lead it.
Michelle Landry is retiring and Matt Canavan eyes Capricornia as One Nation rises. Why the seat shows One Nation should lead a coalition with the Nationals.
A rent cap fixes the price. It does not shorten the queue.
A Broome counsellor's rent climbed to $740 a week. A rent cap slows the price, but only fewer people bidding shortens the line at every inspection.