Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThe Coalition proposes net overseas migration of 100,000 for two years; Labor targets 245,000 this year and 225,000 next; One Nation wants net negative migration at first. What number, or what way of setting the number, makes most sense to you, and why?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThe Coalition would tie future migration to the number of new homes completed. Supporters say this links population to housing supply; critics say migrants also build homes. How should housing and migration be connected, if at all?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionTemporary graduate visas would largely be scrapped except for some fields such as PhD, health and education graduates and regional students. If you study, teach or employ graduates, how would that affect you?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionFor employers in health, aged care, construction or farming: where do your workers come from now, and what would a cut of this size mean for staffing?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThe Coalition would cut bridging visas from about 414,000 to around 20,000 by requiring offshore reapplication. What questions would need answering about how that would work in practice?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThe plan halves the humanitarian intake to 10,000 places a year. What should guide the size of Australia's humanitarian program?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionACCI warns the cuts would slow economic growth; the Coalition says the plan is budget neutral but has not released full modelling. What modelling or evidence would you want to see from each side?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionLabor's September changes restrict course-hopping, limit family members on student visas and cap later years of working holiday visas. Are those changes already showing up in your workplace, campus or town?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionIndependent Zali Steggall argues the real issue is infrastructure, while the Coalition and One Nation say numbers are too high. Where you live, are pressures on roads, schools and housing mainly about population growth or about investment?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionUniversities rely on international student fees. If commencements were capped at 240,000 as proposed, what would change for courses, campus jobs or local businesses near campuses?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThe ABC reports the Coalition would allow about 60,000 more temporary skilled workers plus 15,000 new skilled project visas a year while cutting other categories. Does shifting the mix towards skilled visas address the gaps you see?
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionThis is an Opposition proposal, not law. Which parts would need legislation, and which could be done by a minister setting planning levels? Share any official explanation you have found.
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Press Floor deskEditorial prompt · Press Floor deskQuestionIf you hold, or recently held, a student, graduate or bridging visa, what would you want decision-makers on all sides to understand about how these rules play out? Leave out visa numbers and personal details.
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