Minister Burke delays speech expected to reveal sweeping migration cuts
Australian minister Tony Burke has delayed a National Press Club speech expected to reveal sweeping cuts to migration numbers. ABC reports no official reason has been given for the delay. The cuts are said to be contentious within the governing Labor Party.
Minister Burke delayed a speech expected to reveal migration cuts. No official reason has been given for the delay, ABC reports, and the cuts are said to be contentious within the Labor Party.
The delay signals just how deep the divide within Labor runs. Migration policy is becoming a more sensitive political issue, and the cuts could directly affect the national labor market.
It is not yet clear when Burke will deliver the speech. Details of the migration cuts could become clearer in coming days, and internal Labor tensions may still shape the plan's final version.
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