The long-held social compact that migration is good for the country has “snapped” due to the cost-of-living crisis and the post-pandemic surge in arrivals, Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie says.
After the Coalition was emboldened by Donald Trump’s victory last week, which was in part driven by anger over America’s illegal immigration problem, Senator McKenzie said Australia’s migration program, while controlled, had been hijacked by vested interests.
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