PM’s latest migration plan aims to lure Taylor and eliminate Hanson
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is proposing new immigration reforms to curb asylum claims and visa-hopping. The government is seeking bipartisan support from Opposition Leader Angus Taylor to pass the legislation, though negotiations remain stalled over specific demands.
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The legislation aims to address domestic political pressure regarding migration levels and the rise of minor parties like One Nation.
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Share A A A Migrants would have to apply for asylum within the first few months of arriving in Australia under a Labor plan to stop a flood of bogus claims, while students’ right of appeal to extend their stay will be curtailed as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese scrambles to win Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s support for his immigration reforms.
Details of Labor’s tightly held plan to respond to the growing issue of visa-hopping were obtained by this masthead, a month after the government built up expectations of an eye-catching plan to regain control of migration in a speech Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was due to deliver at the National Press Club last month.
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