‘It’ll be a disaster’: Burke blasts Coalition cuts as a ‘declaration of war’ on skilled migrants

Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Tony Burke says the Coalition’s proposed deep migration cuts will be a “disaster” for Australians. “You look at what they’ve actually done, and effectively they’ve declared war on the skilled migrants who Australians need,” Mr Burke told News24 Political Editor Andrew Clennell. ​“Australia absolutely has shortages…and effectively the way they’ve designed it, those skilled workers are exactly the people who we would now not get. ​“If you just take the sledgehammer to skilled migration, the people who suffer are every Australian who needs services and, in particular, people who need homes built.”