Labor's Migration Reset: The End of Visa Hopping
Immigration Minister Tony Burke has detailed a major overhaul of Australia's migration system, targeting a reduction in net overseas migration to 225,000. The plan includes a crackdown on student visa dependants, a new ballot for working holiday makers, and a surge in enforcement against overstayers, while prioritising the construction sector to address housing shortages.
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Net overseas migration will drop from three hundred thousand to two hundred twenty-five thousand by twenty twenty-eight.
International students are now barred from bringing partners and children unless they are doctoral candidates.
A new lottery ballot system replaces first-come, first-served extensions for second and third-year working holiday visas.
One hundred new compliance officers will target the seventy-seven thousand people currently living in Australia without valid visas.
A former Melbourne quarantine facility is being repurposed to provide two hundred fifty additional immigration detention beds.
Construction trades like carpentry and electrical work now receive high-priority visa status to boost housing supply.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Numerical Reset2 min
- 03Closing the Student Backdoor3 min
- 04Backpackers and the Regional Ballot2 min
- 05The Enforcement Surge3 min
- 06Prioritising the Build2 min
- 07Outro1 min
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