Politics Now - Migration system shakeup and referendum pre-polling opens

Migration system shakeup and referendum pre-polling opens

10/05/23 • 34 min

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The Government has announced a crackdown on “grotesque abuses” and exploitation in the immigration visa system, focusing on migration agents and dodgy vocational education training centres who are rorting the system.

And as the referendum on the Voice to Parliament draws closer, campaigning from both sides has ramped up. But with nearly one million Australians already casting their ballots at pre-polling, what messages are cutting through?

Isabella Higgins, Indigenous Affairs reporter joins Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas on The Party Room.

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Got a burning political query? Send a voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

Isabella Higgins, Indigenous Affairs reporter joins Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas on The Party Room.

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Got a burning political query? Send a voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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