Australia politics live: Coalition promises to simplify construction code to help speed up housing builds

The Coalition has promised to reduce Australia's net overseas migration to under one hundred eighty thousand per year, including by cutting family visa sponsorships and international student intakes, in an effort to free up housing supply. Per the Guardian, the party argues this level of reduction is manageable — between two thousand nine and two thousand ten, net migration fell from three hundred thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand in roughly eighteen months. The policy prioritizes skilled workers whose employment aligns with local industry demand, alongside cuts to other temporary migration streams.

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