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The federal government's plan to slash net overseas migration has been met with mixed reviews. While the construction sector has welcomed changes to skills recognition to get more tradies in the country farmers say cuts to backpackers could increase the cost of food.

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00:02Touchdown in Sydney. French backpackers Leandre and Elliot arrived this morning and are ready to get to work.
00:10Pick up fruits, get the food.
00:12Planning to stay for two years, the pair have walked in to a new set of rules.
00:18Obviously if you want to stay for more, that's going to be a bit more challenging.
00:21They'll now enter Labor's new ballot system that'll slash the number of second year backpacker visas to 45,000,
00:29with third year visas capped at 5,000.
00:32Farmers say the move could lead to worker shortages and drive up the price of food.
00:38There is a chance that the quantity of produce will be reduced and of course that'll drive the prices up.
00:43This has been carefully calibrated to think about the impact it will have on our economy.
00:49But the Minister unsure of the impact to wages.
00:53Have you modelled that?
00:54Well, you know, I'm not really able to comment on this.
00:59To address sluggish construction rates, foreign tradies will be given the same visa priority as uni graduates,
01:07in a hope that'll help build the workforce needed to deliver more homes.
01:11We have 140-odd thousand workers short at the moment.
01:16This will not make a major dent in that number.
01:20Labor has vowed its tweaks will see net migration fall to 225,000 people by 2028,
01:27as the Coalition and One Nation want numbers even lower.
01:31Where cuts come from will always be controversial, but the government insists it's got the settings right.
01:37With Labor and One Nation's migration plans in the public domain, focus will soon shift to the Coalition.
01:45A couple of weeks and you'll see our policy.
01:46The migration debate far from finished.
01:49Based on the
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