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political reporter Nour Haydar

Clare O'Neil pledges an overhaul of Australia's 'broken' and 'backwards' migration system

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil discusses Australia's migration system.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says Australia's migration system is "broken" and "backwards" and is in desperate need of a fundamental overhaul and a "radical simplification". 

Ms O'Neil has lamented the "staggering shift" away from permanent migration towards a focus on "temporariness", which she said was a result of negligence and a lack of planning and strategy over many years.

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