Australian net overseas migration falls to lowest level since 2022 – but the Coalition says that’s still too high

Published June 18, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show migration growth is above pre-pandemic levels but tracking steadily down

Net overseas migration added 301,000 people to Australia’s population last year, the lowest increase since mid-2022 but still above the pre-pandemic pace.

Details

The new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics come amid an increasingly fraught political debate around immigration, following Pauline Hanson’s declaration that our society should be “monocultural”.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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