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Coalition eyes ‘biggest’ migration cut in Australian history · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Kristen Amiott with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. The coalition will cut net overseas
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  Speaker 1: migration to 100,000 people per year if the Liberals and
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  Speaker 1: Nationals win the next election. Coalition leader Angus Taylor said
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  Speaker 1: the focus would be shifted to skilled migrants, with almost
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  Speaker 1: 650,000 temporary visas, like working holiday visas and protection visas,
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  Speaker 1: also earmarked to be slashed by 2031. That would be
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  Speaker 1: the biggest migration cut in Australia's history, but Taylor says
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  Speaker 1: it's necessary.
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  Speaker 2: What we're announcing today will bring the numbers down to
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  Speaker 2: below the levels they were at under the Howard Liberal
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  Speaker 2: National Government. It will be putting Australia first and it
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  Speaker 2: will be putting our national interest first.
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  Speaker 1: Taylor said independent modelling by the Parliamentary Budget Office showed
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  Speaker 1: the policy won't hurt or help the budget. And he
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  Speaker 1: said it won't make Australia's skills shortage worse.
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  Speaker 2: This is a focus on the skills we need as
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  Speaker 2: a country, which won't be determined by union officials. It'll
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  Speaker 2: be determined by the national interest and the interest of
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  Speaker 2: our economy and our businesses in this country.
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  Speaker 1: The fuel levy charged by Woolworths truck drivers to its
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  Speaker 1: suppliers is almost three times what it was when the
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  Speaker 1: Middle East conflict began in February. That's got experts worried
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  Speaker 1: Australian consumers could be hit with price hikes at the
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  Speaker 1: supermarket checkout. And it comes in the wake of the
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  Speaker 1: latest RBA rate decision, which saw the cash rate raised
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  Speaker 1: by 25 basis points to 4.6% due to persistent inflation.
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  Speaker 1: A soldier was killed and five other army personnel were
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  Speaker 1: injured during a training exercise at the Mount Bundy training
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  Speaker 1: area near Darwin in the Northern Territory on Monday. A
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  Speaker 1: Department of Defence spokesperson said the soldiers next of kin
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  Speaker 1: had been notified and said further updates would be provided
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  Speaker 1: in due course. Northern Territory Chief Minister Leah Finocchiaro offered
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  Speaker 1: her condolences to the soldiers' family, adding they have the
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  Speaker 1: support of the entire Territory community. Check out those stories
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