Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News
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Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202615 min
  • Politics

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Clare Armstrong, the ABC's chief digital political correspondent, based at Parliament House in Canberra.

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made by One Nation and Labor to cut migrant numbers.

amongst voters and has vowed to cut net overseas migration to 100,000 in the first year if

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ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more. Nightlife, news breakdown. Well the coalition's finally revealed its immigration policy following moves already made by One Nation and Labor to cut migrant numbers.

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The opposition too is now trying to capitalise on apparent growing anti-migration sentiment amongst voters and has vowed to cut net overseas migration to 100,000 in the first year if it wins the next election. That's well below the government's target of 245,000 by June next year.

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Opposition leader Angus Taylor announced the policy after a special joint party room meeting of Liberals and Nationals. He was heralding it as momentous. it as momentous.

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