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Labor starts long-term migration planning amid population boom

Michael Read

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles will meet with state and territory counterparts on Tuesday to start developing a long-term plan for Australia’s migration program, amid growing concern about record numbers of foreign arrivals.

Shifting from annual to longer-term planning processes for the permanent migration program was one of the major recommendations contained in the Albanese government’s migration strategy, released last week.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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