Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said multiculturalism needs to be carefully nurtured.
Already a subscriber?Anthony Albanese says Labor is committed to cutting overseas immigration to half of recent peaks, warning Australia’s multiculturalism needs nurturing amidOutside of pandemic border closures, March had the lowest level of arrivals since 2014 as tougher visa conditions and stricter compliance checks came into force. Australian Bureau of Statistics data this week showed net permanent and long-term arrivals reached a monthly record of 105,000 in February.
“It depends upon the economic cycle, of course, but what we want to do is to lower that number significantly to around about half of what it has been.”A surge of international students and temporary workers pushed net arrivals into the country to a record of 548,000 in the year to September 2023. The PM said that is expected to fall to 250,000 in the next financial year.
“The risk is the government may adopt some very short-term measures, like hiking student fees or capping student visas. It needs a longer-term strategy for managing the international education industry, which is the key driver of net overseas migration,” Mr Risvi said.
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