00:02Counting the cost of migration cuts.
00:05The cut in the numbers will be budget neutral.
00:08Angus Taylor defending his decision not to officially cost the Coalition's policy,
00:13blaming constraints within the Parliamentary Budget Office.
00:17It cannot model directly Labor's policies, so we had to give it assumptions to work with.
00:23The Coalition is adamant plans to boost temporary skilled migration by 100,000 places
00:28will offset the loss in tax revenue from removing 650,000 low or unskilled migrants.
00:36If you cut numbers and raise standards, you can maintain budget neutrality and you can strengthen the economy.
00:42Fielding attacks from the left and the far right,
00:45the opposition leader this weekend told a Conservative conference
00:48the Coalition's no longer a centre-right party.
00:52The Coalition is once again conviction-led and unashamedly on the right.
00:59But the Liberals' moderate flank is resurfacing as former Treasurer and leadership favourite
01:05Josh Frydenberg flirts with a return to politics.
01:08We need everyone who wants to get rid of this rotten Labor government.
01:11Pressure on Labor to intensify as Parliament returns
01:15after being forced to delay a tax office ban on credit card payments last week.
01:21The sitting week presents an opportunity for the government to reclaim control of the political agenda
01:26and progress key legislation.
01:29Labor is poised to walk back parts of its digital safety laws
01:33to remove ministerial discretion in the hope of wooing coalition support.
01:38It'll also introduce laws to raise the tax on discretionary trusts,
01:44something that's already drawn the ire of small businesses.
01:48The
