PoliticsCoalition MPs concede immigration pledge was not fully costed

Coalition MPs have acknowledged that the Parliamentary Budget Office had not fully costed the party’s newly announced immigration policy before its release. Angus Taylor has called the plan budget neutral, while Liberal sources say the watchdog had not completed a full analysis. The policy would cut net overseas migration to 100,000 for two years, a move business and universities warn could damage the economy and worsen shortages in sectors such as health and aged care.

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