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Rishworth Won’t Confirm Wage Modeling for Labor Migration Plan
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- Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth repeatedly declined to confirm wage-impact modelling for Labor’s new migration plan.
- Rishworth said she could not comment and referred questions to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
- Labor vows to cut nearly 40,000 backpacker visas each year and tighten overstayer enforcement.
- The plan targets 245,000 migrants by June 2027 and 225,000 by mid-2028.
- Opposition spokeswoman Jane Hume said Rishworth’s silence shows Labor is not serious about lowering migration.
