If the opposition leader is serious about fixing the migration system, he should start by creating clearer pathways for people already contributing or stuck in limbo indefinitely
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Australia’s migration debate is obsessed with the wrong question.
The question is usually: are too many people coming to Australia? But that framing is misleading. The better question is: how should Australia manage the growing number of temporary migrants already living here, and how should that population be linked to housing, infrastructure, jobs and social cohesion?