Tony Burke on Labor’s immigration shake-up - podcast

The minister for home affairs, immigration and citizenship, Tony Burke, delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday this week – announcing changes to help achieve the government’s forecasts for net overseas migration. After being postponed at short notice six weeks ago, the speech comes in the same week that One Nation announced its policy to significantly cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia. Guardian political editor, Tom McIlroy, talks to Burke about the policy problems being addressed by the changes, the limitations that come from not successfully securing Coalition support, and why new migrants aren’t to blame for the housing crisis : Tony Burke rejects farmers’ claims that immigration changes will increase food prices Amid claims of ‘mass migration’, Labor hopes a measured approach will take the hot air out of the debate Backpacker ballot and detention centre for visa overstayers: what we know about Australia’s new migration plan