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Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?

The Guardian World Sunday 11 October 2026, 14:00 UTC By Patrick Commins 1 min read
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Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it isGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia is flirting with the idea of something it has never done: deliberately driving net overseas migration into reverse. In the history of our immigrant nation, extended periods of more people leaving our shores than arriving have only happened during convulsive moments: economic collapses, wars, and pandemics. Sign up for...

Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is

Australia is flirting with the idea of something it has never done: deliberately driving net overseas migration into reverse.

In the history of our immigrant nation, extended periods of more people leaving our shores than arriving have only happened during convulsive moments: economic collapses, wars, and pandemics.

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