Coalition promises deep cuts as it enters migration fight with One Nation and Labor
The Australian Coalition has proposed a significant reduction in net overseas migration, aiming to lower intake to 100,000 annually over the next two years. The plan involves tightening visa programs for graduates and refugees while prioritizing high-skilled workers in sectors like construction and healthcare.
Why it matters
This policy shift represents a major election-year strategy to address housing and infrastructure pressures, signaling a potential pivot in Australian immigration policy.
Angus Taylor says the changes would be the biggest cut to immigration in Australia's history. ( ABC News: Matt Roberts )
The Coalition has unveiled a plan to drive net overseas migration down to 100,000 for two years through major changes to graduate, humanitarian and other visa programs.
It would go further than Labor's migration targets while increasing skilled migration, but the Coalition has not released modelling of the broader economic impact.
The Coalition has promised to release costings for its migration policy closer to the 2028 federal election.
Link copied Share Share article The Coalition would slash Australia's temporary migration intake by about 650,000 over four years through deep cuts to graduate, refugee and bridging visas that go further than Labor's plan.
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