Australians react to Coalition’s plan to reduce immigration | ABC NEWS
The Coalition announced a new policy this week, which aims to reduce immigration, increase screening of visa applicants and “boot out” people who don’t abide by Australia’s values. But questions remain about how the plan would work in practice.
Under the policy, visa applicants would be forced to provide social media accounts, just like applicants in the US, courtesy of new rules introduced by President Donald Trump in December.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor said the screening would be “risk-weighted”, but he hasn’t clarified, to the ABC or other outlets, what that means and which cohorts would be identified as higher risk, except to say the Coalition would “empower” agencies to exercise this assessment.
We asked people on the streets of Parramatta, a region famous for its blend of cultures, how they felt about a tightening of the rules.
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