Australia opposition vows historic immigration cuts

Summary

• Australia’s conservative opposition coalition has announced a sweeping immigration policy that would significantly reduce temporary and humanitarian migration while giving greater priority to skilled workers.
• The coalition says Australia’s migration system should focus more heavily on skilled workers rather than temporary migration.
• The opposition is also facing pressure from One Nation, an anti-immigration party that has called for even larger reductions in temporary migration.

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Australia’s conservative opposition coalition has announced a sweeping immigration policy that would significantly reduce temporary and humanitarian migration while giving greater priority to skilled workers.

The Liberal-National Coalition said its plan would cut the number of temporary visas by 650,000 over four years. It also proposes reducing annual net overseas migration to 100,000 for the first two years before gradually increasing the figure.