Labor's Migration Overhaul, Population Pressures, and Security Concerns

Tony Burke unveiled sweeping immigration changes this week, aiming to slash net overseas migration to 245,000 this financial year and 225,000 by 2027-28. The plan introduces a ballot system for backpackers seeking second-year visas, restricts international students from bringing families, and repurposes a Melbourne quarantine facility as a detention centre for visa overstayers. "This is not the sort of operation that some people...