Numbers Need to Be Lower: Coalition Drafting Tougher Migration Plan

Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Aug. 26, 2025. AAP Image/Mick TsikasFresh from the Coalition’s internal battle over net zero, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says her team is now turning its focus to migration, vowing to produce a policy that demonstrates how a future Coalition government would tackle the issue.Asked whether the plan would include reducing both permanent and temporary migration, Ley said, “Both the numbers need to be lower.”