AGP Executive Report
Last update: 18 minutes agoMigration Clampdown: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says Australia will cut migration by tightening “visa hopping”, restricting international students from bringing partners and children, and adding tougher enforcement for visa overstayers, with net overseas migration targeted around 225,000 by 2027-28. Backpacker Ballot: Working Holiday Maker extensions will move to a ballot system, capping second-year visas at 45,000 (down from 57,000) and third-year at 5,000 (down from 31,000), with UK backpackers largely exempt under the free trade agreement. Student Family Limits: Most student visas will lose secondary dependants, with exemptions flagged for some Pacific and Southeast Asian students and PhD candidates, and renewals expected to require higher qualifications. Enforcement Push: The plan includes more compliance officers and potential use of a former quarantine facility in Melbourne as a detention centre to force people without valid visas to leave. Travel Impact: Regional farming and tourism groups warn the changes could hit seasonal workforces and holiday economies.
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