Coalition's migration cuts plan would cost billions, Burke warns
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 23:54 · Archive
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the Coalition's plan to slash 650,000 temporary visas and eliminate bridging visas would require billions of dollars and massive detention expansion.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has pledged to deliver Australia's biggest migration cuts, including slashing 650,000 temporary visas and virtually eliminating bridging visas by requiring temporary visa holders to leave Australia to apply for new visas.
Mr Taylor claims the plan would be 'budget neutral', though he told the ABC that the Parliamentary Budget Office, which he requested to analyse the policy, was 'constrained' in what it could do. He said the PBO cannot directly model Labor's policies and must work with assumptions provided to it.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke disputed this on Sunday, stating the Coalition plan would require 'billions and billions of dollars' and a 'massive ramping up of detention capacity'. He challenged the Coalition to specify how many detention beds and compliance officers would be needed and where new detention centres would be built. The Coalition has since clarified that carve-outs would exist for aged care and construction workers.
How it is being reported
- Coalition plan to slash bridging visas requires massive detention expansion, would cost ‘billions’, Tony Burke saysThe Coalition’s pledge to slash 650,000 temporary visas would cost “billions and billions”, the Home Affairs Minister has warned, as the migration debate rages on.The West Australian · 10 Oct, 23:38
- Coalition plan to slash bridging visas requires massive detention expansion, would cost ‘billions’, Tony Burke saysThe Coalition’s pledge to slash 650,000 temporary visas would cost “billions and billions”, the Home Affairs Minister has warned, as the migration debate rages on.Perth Now · 10 Oct, 23:38
In this story: Tony Burke · Angus Taylor · Coalition · Labor · Parliamentary Budget Office · Australia
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