Australia to Tighten Temporary Visa Rules to Reduce Net Overseas Migration

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is set to announce regulatory changes to temporary visa rules at the National Press Club, targeting international students' ability to sponsor family members and other temporary visa holders. The government aims to reduce net overseas migration from around 300,000 to 225,000 by 2028 through regulation after legislative talks with the Coalition broke down. One Nation has proposed cutting 750,000 visas over three years, while the Coalition is preparing its own migration policy.

In a speech titled "The work of managing the migration program: who arrives, who stays, who leaves", Burke is set to outline a government strategy targeting a reduction in net overseas migration from around 300,000 to 225,000 by 2028. Talks collapsed after the Coalition tabled a series of demands, including tighter restrictions on women who had affiliated with Islamic State and a plan to link housing construction targets to immigration intake levels. Ahead of Burke's National Press Club appearance, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson released a statement claiming that the Labor government's approach to overseas arrivals and international students had negatively affected labour markets and tourism in regional areas, and that the government seemed more prepared to let those industries decline than to address the matter head-on. The measure covering international students and family members of skilled migrants has faced pushback from both the Coalition and Labor, with Environment Minister Murray Watt arguing it risks tipping the Australian economy into recession.

Australia to Tighten Temporary Visa Rules to Reduce Net Overseas Migration

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