Coalition claims high migration has become new normal as Australia records 300,000 new arrivals
Net overseas migration remained above 300,000 last year, fuelling opposition claims Labor has locked in an unsustainable new normal despite the number of arrivals continuing to fall. The figures, released on Thursday, showed 301,000 people landed in Australia in 2025, almost unchanged from the previous year’s net migration intake of 306,000. It is the lowest…