Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to cut Australia's net migration by up to 100,000 annually in his budget reply speech on Thursday night. He aims to slash the permanent migration program by 25% in the short term and proposes a two-year housing ban for foreign investors and temporary migrants. Dutton argues that these measures will free up more than 100,000 homes over the next five years. He criticized Labor's economic plan, describing it as a 'very dangerous course' and something Australians 'can't afford.' The speech has been described as 'punchy and political' by Joe Kelly.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged to slash migration to help take pressure off housing. https://t.co/YLOqUwMwGJ
Dutton pledges to slash permanent migration to 140,000 a year https://t.co/rMYmeK0Nwx
In a bid to get Australia ‘back on track’, a future Coalition government would slash the permanent migration intake, temporarily ban foreigners from buying homes. Watch Peter Dutton deliver his budget in reply speech HERE 👉 https://t.co/ukjKYLz4OF https://t.co/BpiUFJqAUf
Peter Dutton will slash the permanent migration program by 25pc, ban foreign investors and temporary residents from buying existing homes and reduce the number of international students to free up more than 100,000 houses for Australians over five years. https://t.co/VnxqHO0J9t
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has proposed a two-year housing ban for foreign investors and temporary migrants in a highly critical response to the federal budget. #9News https://t.co/EWOhqCuAOZ
Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton delivers budget reply speech – video https://t.co/tMgUjojvJ2
Australian opposition leader delivers budget reply speech – video https://t.co/OHOlIyPmyz
Dutton delivers federal budget reply speech – as it happened https://t.co/Wu8u4x13Xe
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has delivered his budget reply speech, saying reducing Australia's permanent migration program would free up more than 100,000 homes over the next five years. https://t.co/QjqkRE3AQH
The Australian National Affairs Editor Joe Kelly says Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech was “punchy and political”. https://t.co/2DfkfiGGK3
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton delivers bold budget reply speech, lambasting Labor’s economic plan which Australians “can’t afford”. https://t.co/iwJFh949WP
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton delivers his federal budget response “to get our country back on track” as Labor has set Australia on a “very dangerous course”. https://t.co/sGcemzh4mb
Peter Dutton promises to slash permanent migration by 25% in short term in populist budget reply https://t.co/beNc3a8s2T
Peter Dutton will pledge to cut net migration into Australia by as much as 100,000 a year in his budget reply speech on Thursday night, Sky News can reveal - setting the scene for one of the biggest battles over immigration in decades. https://t.co/G4UlkpYbMR
Peter Dutton will reveal key planks of the Coalition’s alternative migration and housing policies in his budget reply speech, as the Opposition Leader shifts to an election war footing following Labor’s big-spending, populist budget. Read more: https://t.co/OyFcLtOTdJ https://t.co/POAfk3obk8
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has hit out at the 2024-2025 Federal Budget, claiming it’s filled with short-term solutions that will help Labor in the next election. https://t.co/zVxTrfbfoG
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has slammed the Albanese government following the release of the federal budget, saying they are “splashing billions of dollars for billionaires”. https://t.co/WiIVHuWPyy