Amy Remeikis

September 17, 2026

Lower levels will trash the economy.

Q: You spoke about community unease on the high levels of migration, the net overseas migration rate. One Nation’s target is 130,000. The Coalition’s will be between…

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Latest population and migration figures out today show migration is slowing

Greg Jericho As Tony Burke runs thorough his lines at the National Press Club, we can show the latest population figures that…

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On numbers and speech delivery

Q: You’re at 292,000 now on the NOM, as released today. You mentioned some numbers about the third year of the working holiday visa. Do you…

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Will there be carve outs for nations with agreements?

Q: I’d like to ask you about people who stay, so you talk about people who come, people who stay, and people who leave. Are…

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On immediate labour shortages in the regions

Q: I wanted to ask about something more immediate. The last few days, I have been to a number of media conferences from your political opponents…

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On protection visas

Q: I wanted to ask you about the part of your speech, the story that’s – the bit that needs to be written, rather, about protection…

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Time for questions

Q: I’d like to go to how you want voters to view your speech today. There’s the title – who arrives, who stays, who leaves…

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Tony Burke concludes speech

Burke: All of this comes back to, in fact, a relatively simple proposition. For all the heat and drama of migration policy debate, it simply…

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Visa compliance to be boosted – expect more detentions

Tony Burke: The other area with Who Leaves, though, is best explained by what happened in 2015. And this is the area where I am…

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More on who leaves

Tony Burke: The final part of who stays is the issue of disingenuous protection claims. I start with this principle – having a protection system…

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