Taylor pledges major cut to Australian immigration
Angus Taylor did not specify the size, timing or policy mechanism of the proposed reduction, which he said would go beyond Labor’s newly announced measures.
Federal opposition leader Angus Taylor has pledged to deliver “one of the biggest cuts to immigration in Australian history” under a Coalition government.
Taylor made the commitment in an address to the NSW Liberal Party state council in Sydney, about six months before the New South Wales election scheduled for March.
He said a Coalition government he led would go further than Labor’s newly announced immigration measures. Those measures reportedly include converting a former quarantine facility into a detention centre and preventing international students from bringing family members to Australia.
Taylor did not detail the size, timing or policy mechanism of the proposed reduction. The speech also did not establish whether the pledge represented agreed Coalition policy beyond his commitment.
In a wide-ranging address, Taylor criticised Labor as “socialist in all but name” and accused the government of “utterly failing the nation”. He also promised to protect Australia Day and the national flag, and to change laws relating to gender.
The Coalition is seeking to win back voters from One Nation at the NSW election.
