Peter Dutton grovels to China and India

Thursday 30 January 2025

Anyone who hoped that a Coalition government under Peter Dutton would seriously cut immigration needs to confront reality.

While the Coalition’s pre-election statement on immigration states that it would cut the permanent migrant intake by 25% to 140,000 for two years, the Coalition has not set a target for temporary migration.

The Coalition’s pre-election immigration policy

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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.