The Albanese Government plans a migration speech - again
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What is the Albanese government’s new migration speech and why was it postponed before?
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Good morning, I'm Andrew Williams.
And I'm Larissa Huntington.
It's Thursday, the 17th of September. In your squiz today, the Albanese government is planning a migration speech. Again, more fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. A concert crisis for Ed Sheeran and London Fashion Week is kicking off. This is your squeeze today. On Tuesday, we talked about the fact that one nation had announced its policy on migration for Australia, and today the federal government is going to return serve. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is due to share Labour's plan at the National Press Club today. Now, if this sounds familiar to you, it's because we said something similar about a month ago, uh, but that speech was postponed at the last minute.
Yeah, to wind it back, reports at the time said that the cancellation was down to Labour's cabinet ministers not being able to agree over the policy. And it was said to hold some major overhauls to migration numbers in a bid to stem rising support for one nation, which has been getting traction with voters off the back of its campaign on migration cuts, and it's tied high numbers of temporary migrants to housing pressures and inflation.
But plenty of experts have also pointed out after One Nation released its policy where it would radically cut temporary migration, that our universities rely on a certain number of international students, our economy also depends on migrant workers to support industries like farming, health and hospitality. So any cuts that do happen need to be carefully balanced against the impact, or we risk driving a country into a recession. So that's the same thing that Tony Burke is going to be considering today, Larissa.
Yeah, so Burke's now ready to go again for take two. And now the number to look out for today is net overseas migration. So that's the total number of people who move to Australia to live for at least a year, minus those who leave to live somewhere else. And reports say that the government's planning to cut that number from about 300,000 down to 225,000 in about two years. So to meet that target, it's going to tighten up rules for International students, they'll no longer be allowed to bring family members into Australia if they move here to study. So that's a big change. And it's also planning to crack down on the number of people overstaying their visas, rein in asylum claims, and also curtail visa hopping, which is where people change from one type of visa to another to sort of try and buy more time here.
Yeah, so that's what we think's gonna happen. We'll find out if it does this afternoon. But the issue of migration is shaping up to be a battle of kind of the major parties versus one nation and Because One Nation's been polling so well, reports say that the government was looking to present a united front with the coalition on this policy to try and kind of wedge them out of it. It hasn't managed to get the coalition on board though, as yet, as far as we know.
How will the government’s plan to cut net overseas migration affect students and workers?
And that's despite several meetings between the leaders of those two parties this week. But that said, Burke's speech coincides with the latest Bureau of Stats migration data, also due to come out today. So it's going to be a big day for conversations about. about migration. We've talked a lot this year about how the US Iran war has choked up the Strait of Hormuz and how that's affected fuel supply and fuel security, but now a different Middle Eastern waterway is grabbing headlines, this time because of action by the Houthis. By way of reminder, the Houthis are an Iran backed militant group based in Yemen.
They've taken effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is off the Red Sea, and they've also been firing missiles at Saudi Arabian cities and oil facilities, which has led to Saudi Arabia striking back. So, just to put this in a wider context, Saudi Arabia's the world's largest oil exporter, and it had been leaning heavily on this Red Sea route. So this has driven fuel prices back up and led to speculation about.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the Albanese government’s new migration speech and why was it postponed before?
0:00–2:48
2
How will the government’s plan to cut net overseas migration affect students and workers?
2:48–5:43
3
Why are the Houthis targeting the Bab el‑Mandeb Strait and what could it mean for fuel prices?
5:43–7:08
4
What sparked the Ed Sheeran concert controversy and how are the artists responding?
7:08–8:34
5
Which British fashion houses are returning to London Fashion Week and why does it matter?
8:34–8:51
6
What did the U.S. Federal Reserve announce and how might it impact global inflation?
8:51–9:08
7
What’s the story behind the new Coyote vs Road Runner cartoon release?
9:08–9:09