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Labor wrestles with migration figures but opponents struggle to find the target

By focusing on the net overseas migration number, Labor risks making a ‘silly mistake’ experts say

The Guardian - AU

One Nation’s immigration policy is hard to define – even by its own MPs

Pauline Hanson’s party does not have a firm grasp on its own migration target. Here is how it has evolved in the past year

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Liberals, One Nation and Labor all have immigration details up in the air

The Liberals’ final immigration policy number won’t be released this year, their spokesman Jonno Duniam has revealed, adding more uncertainty to the nation’s debate on one of its hottest issues.

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Hanson forced to intervene after One Nation MP says party’s migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

David Farley says party wants 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 migration target it considers the ‘true’ number

The Guardian - AU

Hanson steps in to explain One Nation migration targets

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has stepped in to clarify comments by an MP that the party's migration targets were "not too different" to the major parties.

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Andrew Bragg stands by proposed migration limits – even as Liberal colleagues decline to back him in

Liberal colleagues decline to publicly back shadow housing minister’s target migration numbers which would be the lowest figures since the mid-2000s

The Guardian - AU

Coalition would set Net Overseas Migration under 180,000 – Bragg

Liberal housing spokesman Andrew Bragg has nominated under 180,000 as the size of Net Overseas Migration under a Coalition government.

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O’Neil condemns Bragg’s ‘crazed’ press club speech – as it happened

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View from The Hill: Burke struggles to wrangle numbers as opposition and One Nation apply heat on migration

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s cancelling of his big speech on migration that had been scheduled for delivery at the National Press Club on Thursday was embarrassing but also revealing.

The Conversation

Pauline Hanson wrong on daily migration figure

The One Nation leader is claiming Labor brought in 1375 people a day over the past three years, but that figure appears to include population growth from births as well as migration.

AAP

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?

Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues: its budget tax reforms, its wrestle to curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the electorally sensitive area of…

The Conversation

Taylor compares past figures with future forecast for misleading migration claim

An expert has described the Opposition Leader's methodology as "dodgy" after he claimed this year's migration rate is running 80,000 ahead of forecasts.

AAP

Angus Taylor’s budget reply to tie Net Overseas Migration to new housing

A Coalition government would cap Net Overseas Migration (NOM) at the number of new homes completed, under a further instalment of the opposition’s migration policy to be announced by Liberal leader Angus Taylor in his budget reply on Thursday.

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Do as I say, not as I do: why Labor and the Coalition are both conflicted on migration policy

Despite populist complaints, conservative governments have allowed immigration to rise, but Labor also ‘walks both sides of the street’

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Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program

The government will keep the permanent migration level for 2025-26 at 185,000, the same level as the previous financial year.

The Guardian - AU

Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs – but the figures tell a different story

Latest net overseas migration figures are down 37% from recent peak, with experts pointing to misunderstanding of arrivals data

The Guardian - AU

Labor denounces Dutton’s ‘savage’ plan to cut net overseas migration by 100,000 if elected

Opposition leader says he is ‘not worried’ about backlash from business as he doubles down on Coalition plan after months of confusion

The Conversation

Population panic: how demography is used for political gain

Population is far from the seemingly innocuous and bland topic of “people”. We’re not just talking people. We’re talking the very foundation of society, culture, and economy … and it’s deeply fraught. It’s also an effective political point scorer.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chalmers says the budget’s better than it was; Taylor says it’s much worse than it should be

Appropriately, we finish our podcast for 2024 talking to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his shadow, Angus Taylor because, as the saying goes, “it’s the economy, stupid!”

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor at odds with Dutton on migration targets in ‘shambolic’ post-budget appearance

The shadow treasurer suggests net migration cuts may be shallower than those stated by the opposition leader

The Independent UK

Pinch of Nom: Healthy eating doesn’t have to cost the earth

Kate and Kay Allinson, the duo behind popular slimming recipe site Pinch of Nom, talk clashing personalities, food inflation and listening to their audience. Prudence Wade writes

ABC News

Australian migrant population growth hits all-time high as borders reopen

Australia's migrant population is expected to have grown by more than 700,000 between the 2022 and 2024 financial years.

ABC News

Pauline Hanson says Labor broke an 'election promise' on migration. Did it even exist?

Pauline Hanson says Labor broke an election promise by increasing migration. But Labor never made any promises about migration levels.

Benzinga

Norsemont Expands Footprint at Choquelimpie with Latest Positive Drill Results Which Intercepted 170 Meters of 1.57 G/T AuEq And 95 Meters of 1.92 G/T AuEq

Vancouver, B.C. - TheNewswire - March 31st, 2022 - Norsemont Mining Inc. (CSE:NOM) (CSE:NOM) (OTC:NRRSF) (FWB:LXZ1) ("Norsemont" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the third tranche of results from its 2021 maiden diamond drilling program at the company's Choquelimpie high sulphidation epithermal gold-silver project in northern Chile.

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