PoliticsAmid ‘mass migration’ claims, Labor hopes measured approach will cool debate

Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, says Labor will improve its existing migration policy rather than impose a dramatic cut in numbers. He argues that populist pledges to reduce net overseas migration would damage public services and the economy, while employer groups back a system targeted at economic and skills needs.

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