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

The Age - Home · 17 September 2026 at 6:45 am

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

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.”

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.

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

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