‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes
Summary
Major business groups and some Labor Party members are urging Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, to delay and reconsider proposed changes to immigration rules, especially around skilled workers and family visas. The government plans to keep permanent migration at 185,000 people per year but may tighten some rules to better manage migration.Key Facts
- Australia’s Labor government plans to keep permanent migration at about 185,000 people per year.
- This total includes roughly 132,000 skilled migrants and 52,000 family and partner visas.
- Tony Burke delayed a planned speech on immigration policy because parts of it were not finalized.
- Business groups, like the Minerals Council of Australia, warn that changes could create skill shortages and harm industries like mining.
- Labor MPs want to avoid large cuts to family and humanitarian visas and warn against reactionary reductions.
- The government recently prioritized permanent residency for skilled migrants already in Australia.
- Some media reports mention possible tougher rules on family visas, backpackers, and asylum seekers.
- Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles said migration needs to be at a “sustainable rate.”
- Pauline Hanson from the One Nation party expressed support for strict immigration rules focusing on helping Australians with housing.
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