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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tom McIlroy Political editor

Foreign students to face tough restrictions on bringing in family under Labor’s immigration plan

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke
Tony Burke will deliver a speech titled, ‘The work of managing the migration program: Who arrives, who stays, who leaves’ at the National Press Club on Thursday. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP/AP

Foreign students will face tough restrictions on the ability to bring family members into Australia, as the federal government shifts sections of the country’s immigration system away from demand-driven settings.

Long-awaited changes will be revealed by the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, on Thursday, and are expected to include efforts to stop visa overstays and limit lengthy appeals processes for applicants.

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