The Australian newspaper has used the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) budget tool to attack One Nation’s proposal to cap visas at 130,000 a year and aim for net-zero immigration.
The analysis claims that a net-zero migration policy could reduce federal government revenue by about $100 billion over the next decade, including nearly $80 billion in foregone income tax revenue. The analysis also suggests that total federal budget savings via personal benefits, Medicare benefits, and unemployment support payments could be less than $15 billion over 10 years.
The analysis also claims that federal government debt could rise by $419 billion over this period.
