Angus Taylor at odds with Dutton on migration targets in ‘shambolic’ post-budget appearance
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6MZQ8)
The shadow treasurer suggests net migration cuts may be shallower than those stated by the opposition leader
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Angus Taylor has improvised Coalition policy on migration and superannuation in a post-budget address, giving different targets for net migration than the opposition leader, Peter Dutton.
Taylor said that the Coalition would seek to cut net migration by 25% over three years, suggesting the reduction would get shallower over time compared with the initial 100,000 cut proposed by Dutton and other senior shadow ministers.
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