00:02Three parties, three targets. The bidding war over migration has begun.
00:07And what we are proposing today is the biggest cut to immigration in the history of this country.
00:15Net overseas migration is currently at 292,000, which Labor plans to reduce to 225,000 by the next election.
00:23If the coalition wins, it's planning to reduce that further to 160,000.
00:30One nation's targets even lower, promising a ceiling of 130,000.
00:35All targeting temporary visas. The coalition to slash 650,000 over four years.
00:42That will take pressure off roads, off schools, off infrastructure, off houses.
00:48Higher education in the firing line. Temporary graduate visas would be abolished.
00:53And student visas curbed.
00:55We're talking about the number one industry in Victoria and South Australia.
00:59But the biggest cuts reserved for bridging visas to be all but eliminated.
01:04And in a surprise move, the coalition would halve the refugee intake to 10,000 a year.
01:10This plan somewhat mirrors One Nation's targeting international students
01:15while leaving backpacker visas, which were popular in regional Australia, largely untouched.
01:20Pre-empting critics who warn deep cuts will hammer the economy.
01:24The coalition's promising to increase the number of high value skilled migrants by 100,000.
01:31This package is budget neutral.
01:33That is going to take our economic growth potential backwards.
01:38After months of heated debate, Pauline Hanson taunting her opponents.
01:42The coalition has turned up late to the grand final, she said, after both teams have headed back to the
01:48change rooms,
01:49waving a photocopy of One Nation's immigration policy.
01:53This is an Australia first migration policy.
01:57And a play to put the coalition first in voters' minds.
02:01The coalition's
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