While the Australian Federal Budget usually provides insights on
the size and composition of the permanent migration program for the
coming financial year, these planning levels were not released in
this week's Budget announcements.
In response to the Federal Budget's lack of permanent
migration figures, the professional body for Migration Agents in
Australia known as the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), has
commented that 'it appears the program will remain at 185,000
places in FY 2025-26.'
However, this may indeed depend on the election outcome. The
Coalition has proposed to cut the permanent migration program by
around 25% from 185,000 to 140,000 places, should they win the
federal election.
