Live: Taylor indicates Coalition's migration target could fall 'well below' 200,000
Angus Taylor says the Coalition's migration target could be "well below" 200,000 as the opposition develops a policy to tie migration to housing construction. Follow live.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor indicated that the Coalition's migration target for Australia could be significantly lower than the current level of 200,000. Taylor made this statement while discussing the opposition's plan to connect migration numbers with housing construction. This idea comes after One Nation MP David Farley suggested the party's migration cuts would result in a target similar to the government's, at around 230,000 per year.
Pauline Hanson, meanwhile, proposed a net migration target of 130,000, which is less than half of Labor's current levels. Taylor stressed that the opposition's migration policy will be linked to the nation's housing supply, suggesting that the number of people coming into the country should match the number of houses being built. Taylor believes this approach could result in a migration target well below 200,000.
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