Opposition Leader Says Migrants Not to Blame for Infrastructure Stress, Points to Government

The migration debate continues to bubble away with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley saying strained infrastructure and services are due to poor government planning, not new arrivals.

“This has nothing to do with any migrant or migrant community, but this is a reprehensible failure of government to put the infrastructure and services in place that Australians deserve,” Ley told reporters on Sept. 29.

Ley argued that housing stress, overcrowded schools, and transport bottlenecks stemmed from Labor not building faster enough rather than migration settings.

“It’s lack of infrastructure that is contributing to the struggles people face every day,” she said.

Questions About Party’s Uniformity

Her comments came just days after senior Liberal MP Andrew Hastie issued a stark warning that the party risked “dying” as a political force unless it adopted a tougher stance on net inbound overseas migration.

Hastie, who has positioned himself as a standard-bearer for the party’s conservative wing, has linked record migration intake to soaring housing costs and broader social strain.