Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?

October 11, 2026 · 2:00 pm 1 sources

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• Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?
  The Guardian · October 11, 2026 14:00
  Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is flirting with the idea of something it has never done: deliberately driving net overseas migration into reverse . In the…