One Nation’s immigration policy is decent but needs more work

Monday 14 September 2026

One Nation has released its immigration policy, which appears mostly sound.

One Nation has promised to reset the stock of temporary visas to 2017 levels, which would see net overseas migration (NOM) turn negative for a period of three years:

These cuts to the temporary visa intake would be achieved by lowering the stock of student visas by 240,000 to 350,000 (around 2014 levels), graduate visas by 230,000 to 40,000 (around 2016 levels), temporary skilled visas by 100,000 to 160,000 (pre-pandemic levels), and bridging visas by 110,000 to 300,000 (around early pandemic levels):

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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.