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Jacob Shteyman

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Net migration falls as values debate heats up - Caught on Camera

The rate of decline in net migration has slowed with Australia's labour market remaining strong. (Kelly Barnes/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's net migrant intake has continued to fall from its post-COVID record as the migration debate turns from numbers to values.

Net overseas migration (NOM), which measures the amount of people that move to Australia minus those that move away, dropped to a little over 305,000 in the last financial year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Thursday.

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