Under Australia’s migration system—principally the Migration Act 1958—the Minister (currently Andrew Giles) has significant powers. These include:
- Refusing or cancelling visas on “character” or security grounds
- Intervening personally in cases deemed in the “public interest”
- Setting or influencing policy directions applied by the Department of Home Affairs
Australian migration law and administrative practice—particularly around work, student, and family visas—operate in a way that systematically disadvantages Palestinians, especially those seeking refuge from settler violence in the West Bank and genocide in Gaza refuge, even when supported by Australian family members.
Australia’s migration system has shifted back to explicitly racial exclusion shaped by both bureaucratic control and introducing new categories of exclusion.
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Ian Curr
27 April 2026