Is the Coalition readying to cut immigration?

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian reports that the Morrison Government is considering letting the states determine Australia’s migrant intake by submitting to the federal government their annual migration needs:

The new framework being proposed would shift the onus for determining the permanent ­migration intake from the commonwealth government to the states and territories, with nat­ional settings determined by an aggregate of all the states and territories’ needs…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.