PoliticsCoalition split over Bragg speech as McLachlan urges colleagues to follow his lead

Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan has backed Andrew Bragg after his speech proposing a major cut to the national construction code and reducing net overseas migration from about 300,000 to below 180,000 a year. Senior Coalition figures dismissed the migration target as Bragg’s personal view, while moderates called the backlash an overreaction.

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