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One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has intervened after one of her MP’s said the party’s migration target was ‘not too different’ from the Albanese Government. The comments led to Labor claiming that One Nation is effectively backing its migration policy.

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00:02On the insider's hot seat talking freely about migration.
00:07We're focusing on the NOM in its true form.
00:09A form of net overseas migration David Farley says doesn't include tens of thousands of in-demand workers like aged
00:17care nurses, engineers and Pacific workers on the Palm Scheme.
00:22You're saying it needs to be 130,000 NOM plus about 100,000 more?
00:26Yeah, at a minimum.
00:27Admitting that when you add that up, it gets pretty close to Labor's policy.
00:32The raw number is not too different.
00:34Currently, net overseas migration is about 300,000 people a year.
00:38But according to the budget papers, the government expects that to drop to 225,000 by 2028.
00:45I'm not sure what campaign One Nation is going to run on migration if they're effectively backing in what the
00:51Albanese government is doing.
00:52By lunchtime, Pauline Hanson had taken to social media insisting One Nation's policy is to cut net overseas migration to
01:01130,000 and their target is less than half Labor's current level.
01:07It doesn't matter on the number. All they care about is where they're coming from. That is racist.
01:12This is not a number that you can be all over the shop on. You have to get this right.
01:18Angus Taylor says his target will be well below 200,000.
01:23David Farley is conscious the agricultural businesses in his community rely on migrants, whereas Pauline Hanson has previously said she
01:32doesn't care if her proposed cut hurts businesses because ensuring there's enough housing is her top priority.
01:39As for Labor, it's yet to finalise its planned overhaul of the immigration system and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's
01:46recently cancelled National Press Club address is yet to be rescheduled.
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