Anthony Albanese announces plan to reduce immigration levels following Covid influx

Overhaul follows once-in-a-generation review which found immigration system ‘badly broken’

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has flagged a major plan to return immigration to what he believes is a sustainable level after a post-Covid influx.

Immigration will be scaled back to what are considered sustainable levels hand-in-hand with a crackdown on abuses of Australia’s intake of overseas students.

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