Net overseas migration: Why is it so high?

People and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 56-65

  Birrell, Bob ^a   Healy, Ernest ^a  

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; STUDENT; TOURISM;

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EID: 77956999682     PISSN: 10394788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (11)

1. Information Paper: Statistical Implications of Improved Methods for Estimating Net Overseas Migration, Australia, 2007, Catalogue no. 3107.0.55.005, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), p. 11
2. Migration 2007-2008, Catalogue no. 3412.0, July 2009, ABS, p. 59
3. P. McDonald, 'Rubbery figures on migrant flood', The Age, 7 April 2010, p. 17
4. T. Burke, Address to the Built Environment Meets Parliament conference, 16 June 2010
5. There is a detailed analysis of the differences for 2004-2005 in Information Paper, 2007, op. cit., p. 18.
6. The final estimate for the previous methodology for 2005-06 comes from Demographic Statistics, September Quarter, Catalogue no. 3101.0, ABS, 2008
7. Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), Population Flows: Immigration Aspects, 2008-2009 edition, 2010, p. 15
8. Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Catalogue no.3401.0 May 2010, ABS, see electronic spreadsheet Table 2.
9. DIAC, Emigration, 2007-2008. Senator Evans' press release was headed 'Australia's brain drain biggest on record' (Tuesday 7 October, 2008)
10. DIAC, Emigration, op. cit., Tables 1 and 2
11. C. Berger, 'The population myth', Habitat Australia, July 2010, p. 15