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Joyce dismisses threats of 'tanked economy' from negative migration rates
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says voters are "tired" of economists, dismissing warnings about the impacts his party's migration policy could have on the economy.
The party has proposed sending migration to net negative rates for three years by heavily restricting student visas and blocking visas for family members of skilled workers.
Labor and the Coalition are also proposing to slash migration, but have not detailed their policies.
One Nation is "not afraid" to drive migration to negative levels, with its Treasury spokesman saying he will follow the will of the people, not warnings from economists in deciding how deeply to cut migration rates.
Pauline Hanson’s immigration cuts will cost ‘many billions of dollars’ to implement, former top official says
Former department deputy says One Nationâs hardline approach would require huge funding for enforcement, legal costs and detention centres
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Enforcement of Pauline Hansonâs hardline immigration cuts would cost âmany, many billions of dollarsâ and require widespread compliance checks across aged care facilities and some of the countryâs biggest construction sites, a former senior immigration official has said.
The One Nation leader on Monday announced plans to cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia by more than 750,000 over three years, targeting international students and family members of skilled migrants.
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Hanson’s migration plan is sloppy, but Albanese has missed the moment
The haphazard method by which One Nation landed its plan to temporarily lower the population through migration has added to doubts about its ability to run the country.
That doesn’t change the fact that Pauline Hanson’s plan for more departures than arrivals is a paradigm shift in the debate.
Labor stuffed up tactically in early August when Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s speech announcing an immigration crackdown was canned at the last minute.
That rare blunder became a broader strategic muddle as Labor’s internal divisions were exposed. Delays allowed vested interests to lobby for keeping strong flows of students and low-wage workers.
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