Coalition must release its immigration policy

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Shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan says the nation’s migrant intake is currently too high.

Speaking on Sunday to David Speers on ABC Insiders, Tehan said that while Labor is pursuing a “Big Australia”, the Coalition wants a “better Australia”.

“What I have said is, we don’t want Labor’s ‘big Australia’. Labor are pursuing a big Australia”, he said.

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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.