Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: Tony Burke to unveil major changes to migration system in National Press Club speech

Key PostsWelcome to our live coverageBy Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of Labor’s immigration shake up.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is set to announce tough new visa rules at a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra from 11.30am. The speech is titled: “The work of managing the migration program: who arrives, who stays, who leaves.”It’s been four weeks since Labor’s original announcement was delayed.Today’s immigration announcement is timed to occur one day before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to New York. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is also set to release fresh migration data later today.Stay tuned as we bring you the latest developments.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will unveil the government’s new immigration policy at the National Press Club.Alex EllinghausenLatest Posts6.56amPyne: Culling international students ‘an act of self-harm’By Emily KaineFormer Liberal minister Chris Pyne said that “migration has made Australia what it is today”, and that culling international students would be “an act of self-harm”. “Migration has built the country … Migration has made Australia what it is today,” Pyne told ABC’s 7.30 last night.“It’s very important to remember how this country came to be as great as it is. Skilled migrants add to our tax take … So, saying that we’re going to start curtailing international students is definitely an act of self-harm.” Former Liberal federal minister at the National Press Club in February. Dominic LorrimerHe called on politicians to stand up for a migration population that is “sustainable”, but also acknowledges the benefits migrants bring to the country. “Australia is so powerful internationally because of its multiculturalism and all the people in Australia who do business with the countries that they came from, or their grandparents came from, because of the knowledge they have, the skills they gain, the language commonalities, these things are not something that we should be embarrassed about. We should be championing them.”6.45amWhat to expect from today’s population figures By Shane WrightPopulation figures to be released today should reveal if the federal government’s efforts to curb net overseas migration are working.The figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics cover the first three months of the year which traditionally swell as people move into the country to take up jobs and start their educational studies.Australia’s population growth has been slowing since it peaked at almost 2.5 per cent in the second half of 2023, but it still remains among the fastest in the developed. Through 2025, the population grew by 1.5 per cent or 412,000 to an estimated 27.8 million.The main driver of growth has been net overseas migration. That reached a record of 556,000 in the 12 months to September 2023. Last year, it eased to 311,000.Despite the slowdown, net overseas migration remains on track to be well above the federal government’s own budget forecasts of 295,000 this financial year.6.44amLabor to crack down on student family visasBy Paul SakkalLabor will try to salvage its long-awaited migration plan by stopping students from bringing family members and targeting the ballooning number of overstayers, as the Coalition splits over Pauline Hanson’s push to achieve negative migration.After weeks of cabinet squabbling over how to reduce the intake by 80,000, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will front the National Press Club on Thursday with a plan to rein in the number of temporary migrants, which has grown to 3 million and turned into a top-level concern of voters battling high inflation and housing costs.Immigration Minister Tony Burke (left) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during parliamentary question time earlier this week.Alex EllinghausenAfter Burke’s speech on migration was postponed last minute in early August to work out the economic impacts, his plan tightens control over a visa program he argues has lacked sufficient oversight since the Howard era.Labor aims to enforce more departures and deportations once visas expire, restrict visa hopping and rein in surging onshore asylum claims, which have been exploited by foreigners trying to extend their stay while waiting on appeals.Read the full story here. Welcome to our live coverageBy Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of Labor’s immigration shake up.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is set to announce tough new visa rules at a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra from 11.30am. The speech is titled: “The work of managing the migration program: who arrives, who stays, who leaves.”It’s been four weeks since Labor’s original announcement was delayed.Today’s immigration announcement is timed to occur one day before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to New York. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is also set to release fresh migration data later today.Stay tuned as we bring you the latest developments.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will unveil the government’s new immigration policy at the National Press Club.Alex Ellinghausen1 of 1