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

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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 drivi…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:00:28 UTC.

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