The Coalition’s race to the bottom on migration – podcast

With a pledge to slash net overseas migration to just 100,000 people, with incremental increases in the years following, the Coalition has promised history-making immigration cuts as a solution to the housing crisis.

But behind the steep figures is a strategy of luring voters from One Nation by out-doing their centrepiece policies.

Political editor Tom McIlroy joins Matilda Boseley to discuss whether being more extreme than One Nation is a vote-winner, and why the most vulnerable will be hit hardest by the plan Read more: Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation | Tom McIlroy Angus Taylor’s immigration plan misses the target – on politics and on policy | Abul Rizvi Angus Taylor vows biggest cut to migration in Australia’s history, slashing 650,000 temporary visas Continue reading...