ANALYSIS: Politicians Up the Stakes on Cutting Migration

Sydney Councillor Steve Christou has said Peter Dutton’s plan to go lower than Labor on migration isn’t enough.

Huge queues are seen at the Virgin and Jetstar domestic departure terminal at Sydney Domestic Airport in Sydney, Australia, on April 8, 2022. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Analysis

A bidding war is sounding out in the offices of politicians across the nation, but it’s not the highest bidder who seems most likely to take the prize of public approval.