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View from The Hill: Liberals, One Nation and Labor all have immigration details up in the air

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 599 words · By Michelle Grattan
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The article reports on the current state of immigration policy proposals from the Liberals, One Nation, and the Labor government. It highlights delays in the Liberals' policy release, internal inconsistencies within One Nation's figures, and the government's stated goals to reduce net overseas migration.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 9
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
Left12%
Center76%
Right12%

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What happened

The Liberals’ final immigration policy number won’t be released this year, their spokesman Jonno Duniam has revealed, adding more uncertainty to the nation’s debate on one of its hottest issues.

Why it matters

This comes as One Nation’s position remains confused and Labor has yet to announce changes to facilitate meeting its target of a much reduced intake, delayed from earlier this month.

Common ground

While still insisting people would see the policy “in the near future”, Duniam said it had to take into account all the factors and circumstances that the world and Australia would face in 2028, when the election is due.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

The article reports on the current state of immigration policy proposals from the Liberals, One Nation, and the Labor government. It highlights delays in the Liberals' policy release, internal inconsistencies within One Nation's figures, and the government's stated goals to reduce net overseas migration.

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “If you’re here for less than 12 months of [every] 16 months, it’s not part of the net overseas migration numbers.”
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The Department of Home Affairs website explicitly confirms the '12/16 month rule', stating that movements of less than 12 in 16 months do not count as NOM.
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web search NEUTRAL — This '12/16 month rule' means all short term movements (such as less than 12 in 16 months) do not count as either NOM arrivals or NOM departures. It also means that people who are not permanent reside…
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/stati…
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web search NEUTRAL — Net overseas migration is a term often misunderstood, and the PM says numbers are being thrown around "like confetti".They would then be counted in the NOM figure and added to our estimated resident p…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/federal-politics-expl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Individuals must stay in Australia for 12 months in a 16-month period to be included in NOM figures, meaning short-term seasonal workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme are typicall…
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/one-nation-migration-pol…
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Claim 2: “We’re working over two years down to 225,000 [from the current around 300,000].”
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Multiple sources (The Nightly and 'View from The Hill') report the government's objective to reduce NOM from approximately 300,000 down to 225,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — The announcement is expected to detail how Labor will reduce net overseas migration (NOM) from about 300,000 in 2025 to 245,000 in 2026/27 and 225,000 per year thereafter. Sign up to The Nightly's new…
https://thenightly.com.au/politics/tony-burke-to-unveil-labo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Labor has previously proposed reducing net overseas migration and set a target of 225,000 arrivals a year by 2027-28. Burke was initially scheduled to unveil the policy last month but it was pushed ba…
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tony-burke-set-to-unveil…
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web search NEUTRAL — The government’s medium term objective is to reduce the Net Overseas Migration (NOM) number to an annual 225,000, way below the present level of around 300,000. The NOM is “the net gain or loss of pop…
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-burke-struggl…
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Claim 3: “Last week, speaking on a Conversation podcast, Farley put the “rotating” temporary workers he envisaged above the NOM at a more modest 40,000.”
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This specific detail about a 'Conversation podcast' and the 40,000 figure is only found in the 'View from The Hill' source.
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web search NEUTRAL — Last week, speaking on a Conversation podcast, Farley put the “rotating” temporary workers he envisaged above the NOM at a more modest 40,000.
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-liberals-one-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Temp Number offers free temporary phone numbers to protect your privacy online - no registration required.
https://temp-number.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dave Farley knows a lot of stuff and I really enjoyed our recent Engineering Room conversation! On Approval testing though, Dave still doesn't get it. This video is what I wish I had been able to say …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOuqE_o9rmg
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Claim 4: “Duniam... is due to leave parliament by the end of this year”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Guardian and a news report on Jonno Duniam's 'tough call', confirm he intends to leave parliament by the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonno is a nickname in the English language. In Australian and New Zealand English, it is a diminutive of the name Jonathan. It may refer to: Jonno Davies (born 1992), English actor Jonno Devlin (bor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonno
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonathon Roy "Jonno" Duniam (born 31 December 1982) is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Tasmania since 2016. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as an assistant minister in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonno_Duniam
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Australian federal politics, the shadow cabinet is the opposition's equivalent to the federal cabinet. It comprises the most senior figures within the opposition, headed by the leader of the opposi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_cabinet_(Australia)
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Claim 5: “According to the PALM website, PALM workers number about 33,000.”
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Multiple sources confirm the PALM scheme worker numbers are around 33,000 (Yahoo News mentions 'About 33,000' and the Albanese Government statement mentions 'more than 33,700').
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web search NEUTRAL — About 33,000 temporary migrant workers from the Pacific Islands and East Timor currently live in Australia to fill the shortage of unskilled and low-skilled labour.The PALM scheme was designed to addr…
https://au.news.yahoo.com/survey-supports-better-deal-pacifi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Visa conditions imposed on PALM workers have left some earning as little as $70 per week, an inability to leave their job, and no access to Medicare, according to Cockayne. The scheme ensures a minimu…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/commissioners-call-for-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — “We now have the highest ever number of PALM scheme workers in the country, with more than 33,700 workers in Australia right now,” he said. “That’s an increase of 2000 just since the end of October an…
https://www.countryman.com.au/countryman/news/albanese-gover…
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Claim 6: “Pauline Hanson has nominated [a 130,000 Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure]”
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Multiple sources (The Nightly and other web results) confirm Pauline Hanson has nominated a 130,000 Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Farley (born 16 January 1957) is an Australian politician. A member of One Nation, he has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Farrer since 2026, and is the par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farley_(politician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), commonly known as One Nation (ON), is a right-wing to far-right political party in Australia. It is led by its founder Pauline Hanson, who is the party's president …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson
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Claim 7: “The Liberals’ final immigration policy number won’t be released this year, their spokesman Jonno Duniam has revealed”
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The claim is mentioned in one web search result ('View from The Hill'), but no other independent news sources corroborate this specific statement by Jonno Duniam.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs, free tra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; French: Parti libéral du Canada, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada. The Liberal Party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liberals (Swedish: Liberalerna, L), formerly known as the Liberal People's Party (Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, FP) until 22 November 2015, is a political party in Sweden generally described a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberals_(Sweden)
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Claim 8: “Farley told the ABC at the weekend that above the 130,000 Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure Pauline Hanson has nominated, there could be another 100,000 people under One Nation”
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The Guardian reports that David Farley mentioned 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 target. No other independent sources corroborate this specific additional figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brian Manion Dennehy (; July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor. Renowned for his performances on stage and screen and once described as "perhaps the foremost living interpreter" of Eugen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2020–2029. The list does not include Japanese films distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan or…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
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Claim 9: “the election is due [in 2028]”
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Three independent cross-references (The Guardian and two from The Conversation) explicitly state that the next federal election is due in 2028.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australian(s) may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian
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