Amy Remeikis

September 17, 2026

OK, so what did we learn?

Well, what you saw there is a bunch of stuff Labor have wanted to do for some time – changing up some…

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And finally – on terror levels

Q: Just popping your Home Affairs hat on, the ASIO boss spoke about, recently, a probable terror threat level, not really explaining how serious it is, but…

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On family visas

Q: You spoke about making the immigration system more decent and work for Australians, but you also said Australian citizens are waiting years for spouse visas. In…

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Does he care that PHON got their first?

Q: One of the policies you’ve touched on today is around reducing secondary visas for international students. Today is also the first time we’ve heard you…

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More detail on compliance

Q: Under the changes of who leaves, how many more departures do you expect based on the tougher compliance and enforcement that you’ve outlined, such as a…

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International students

Q: Given what you announced today when it comes to international students, there might be some who decide they no longer want to come to Australia in…

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We now care about rents, suddenly

Q: Minister, you said that the housing shortage isn’t caused by migration. Given the importance of construction workers in Australia’s migrant intake, short-term and then long-term, because they…

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Does Burke think he has stood up for migrant communities?

Q: Just following up actually from the last couple of questions, do you acknowledge that while you have been in Government there are points in this debate…

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Behaviourial changes

Tony Burke on the parliament: The nature of some of the issues that you would deal with here are issues where, immediately on introduction in…

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On opinion polls

Q: A bit of a preamble, but in the context of your speech, I heard today an objective assessment a rationale that we don’t have a…

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