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Volume 6. Number 4.

Table of Contents
Contributors

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• Reform and retreat in United States immigration policy
  by Gary P. Freeman
• Net settler migration to Australia by birthplace: 1947-98
  by Charles A. Price
• 1996 Census findings on interstate migration to Queensland focusing on South-East Queensland
  by Ross Barker, Gary Ward and Iain Moore
• Why Sydney keeps growing — trends in population distribution in New South Wales, 1991 to 1996 
  by Shane Nugent
• Fertility, migration, and the ageing of the population — an analysis of the official projections 
  by Katharine Betts
• Skilled migration policy under the Coalition 
  by Bob Birrell
• New Zealand’s migration policy: a revolving door? 
  by Virginia Rapson
• Select findings from A Not So Perfect Match — the growing male/female divide 1986-1996

Gary P. Freeman is Professor of Politics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Charles A. Price, formerly Professor of Demography at the Australian National University, is currently a consultant on migration issues.

Ross Barker is Manager of the Planning Information and Forecasting Unit, Queensland Department of Communication and Information, Local Government and Planning. Gary Ward is Manager of the Information Dissemination Branch and the Crime Statistics Unit, and Iain Moore is a Senior Statistical Officer in the Information Dissemination Branch, Queensland Government Statistician’s Office, Brisbane.

Shane Nugent is Team Leader, Demographic Unit, New South Wales Department of Urban Affairs and Planning.

Katharine Betts is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Swinburne University of Technology.

Bob Birrell is Reader in Sociology and Director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University.

Virginia Rapson is Research Manager of the Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University.