Imagine Dutton’s implausible cuts to migration were actually possible. Now see the dire economic consequences

Net migration of international students and skilled workers would have to fall by almost 90% to achieve the Coalition's promised figures

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A re-elected Coalition government would have to slash net migration of students and temporary skilled workers by 90% to reach its impossibly heroic" goal of reducing net migration to 160,000 next financial year, a Guardian analysis shows.

Given the practical and legislative barriers to achieving such swingeing cuts, several experts told Guardian Australia that Peter Dutton has no realistic pathway to delivering a key election commitment days out from Saturday's polls.

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