Australians have backed the case for lower migration after a bruising political fight over housing and congestion, with 66 per cent of voters saying last year’s intake was too high.
The survey, conducted for this masthead by Resolve Strategic, found that 40 per cent of respondents believed the budget was good for them and their households, up from 31 per cent on the same question after the budget last May. The government promised to cut net overseas migration by capping overseas student numbers and cracking down on suspect education providers, admitting concern about the surge in the intake to 528,000 last year.
The survey also found 50 per cent believed the plan to cut migration next year did not go hard enough. Another 35 per cent thought next year’s intake was “about right” and 11 per cent were undecided. Only 4 per cent thought the forecast was too low. The same question in December found 57 per cent thought the government was handling the issue in an unplanned and unmanaged way.
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