00:01There is an agreement across the political divide that something needs to be done on
00:05migration and that the figure does need to reduce.
00:08The question is by how much and just exactly how you do that.
00:12So putting the figure aside in terms of policy, the government's yet to announce its full
00:17suite of measures that it will introduce in order to reduce the migration intake but what
00:22we do know and have confirmed is that they've slowed the processing applications for working
00:27holiday visas.
00:28So that just simply means that we're not getting in as many backpackers as quickly
00:32as what we were doing beforehand.
00:34The government hasn't explained why they've done this but they've simply just confirmed
00:38it.
00:38This is a bit of a more of a contentious issue within the coalition because working holiday
00:43makers are usually in the regions.
00:46That's where they go to fill spots where Aussies aren't doing the work.
00:50And so the Nationals are very much on board with working holiday visas.
00:53Nationals, Senator Matt Canavan, the leader of the Nationals, went so far on Friday as
00:57to say they won't be targeted.
00:59Which has led to a question, well is that coalition policy?
01:03Given we heard from some Liberals last week, in particular Andrew Bragg, saying that working
01:08holiday visas should be targeted in this mix of how you bring the migration rate down.
01:13So today we've heard from the opposition leader, Angus Taylor.
01:17He was asked, you know, in this case, Matt Canavan has said working holiday visas would
01:21not be targeted.
01:22Is that coalition policy?
01:24And we didn't really get a clear answer.
01:27Our target is to get migration to a level which is in line with housing supply, it'll be capped
01:33based on that.
01:34And we'll look at different visa classes and make appropriate decisions.
01:38What we don't want to do, and to Matt's point, is we don't want to undermine the skilled labor
01:42that our agricultural sectors need.
01:45And Matt made the point over the weekend in an excellent speech, that food security in
01:50this nation is under threat, particularly in some sectors, because it's just got too hard
01:56to farm.
01:56And Matt made the point over the weekend, and it's just got too hard to farm to farm.
01:57And Matt made the point over the weekend, and it's got too hard to farm to farm to farm.
01:58You
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