Labor's Migration Crackdown Derails as Cabinet Splits Over 75,000-Cut Plan

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was all set to unveil plans to slash net overseas migration by as many as 75,000 people over two years — then cabinet pulled the plug on his big moment. Burke's keynote address at the National Press Club was cancelled at the last minute after ministers raised pointed questions about the economic fallout, labour supply gaps in key industries, and the political optics of tightening rules while Pauline Hanson stokes race...