Fewer overseas visitors are coming to Australia to stay for a year or more. Official figures released on 12 November show long-term visitor arrivals fell 21 per cent in September. That's a steeper drop than the 13 per cent fall recorded in August.
Bel McRae · Sunday 15 November 2026
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- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, September 2026 (released 12 November 2026, 11:30am AEDT)
- ABS, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, September 2026, Table 1: Total movement, arrivals - category of movement (time series workbook 340101.xlsx)
- ABS, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, September 2026, Table 2: Total movement, departures - category of movement (time series workbook 340102.xlsx)
- ABS, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, September 2026, Table 15.9: Total arrivals by visa, Australia (workbook 3401015.xlsx)
- ABS, National, state and territory population, March 2026 (net overseas migration 292,100 in the year to March 2026)
- Department of Home Affairs, Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals on Bridging E visa, June 2026 (released 6 November 2026)
- UK Home Office, Monthly entry clearance visa applications, October 2026 (published 12 November 2026)
- UK Home Office, Monthly entry clearance visa applications: data table, October 2026 (ODS)
- The Gold Standard, Long-term visitor arrivals fall 13 per cent in August
- The Gold Standard, Bridging visa holders hit a record 445,678
- The Gold Standard, Migration fact-file: Australia's net overseas migration
- UK Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2026 (release announcement, due 26 November 2026)
- Department of Home Affairs, BP0019 Number of Temporary Visa Holders in Australia at 30 September 2026 (data.gov.au)
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