One Nation vows to cut migration by 750,000 sparking fears for key industries including aged care
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New immigration policy has attracted bipartisan condemnation with Labor warning it would damage construction, aged care and agriculture
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One Nation says it will cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia by more than 750,000 over three years, targeting international students and the family members of skilled migrants in a “net-negative” plan.
But Labor has said it would cause sweeping damage to the construction, healthcare, aged care and disability sectors, and the Liberals have cast doubt on whether any modelling underpins the figure.
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