‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes
Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has delayed a major speech on immigration policy amid internal pressure from Labor MPs and business groups. Critics are urging the government to avoid sweeping cuts to family and humanitarian visas, favoring instead a focus on skilled migration and enforcement.
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, was due to give an address to the National Press Club about immigration but delayed it by at least a week. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, was due to give an address to the National Press Club about immigration but delayed it by at least a week. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP Australian immigration and asylum ‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes MPs say they are anxious for the government to avoid cuts to family and humanitarian visa categories
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