The Liberals’ final immigration policy number won’t be released this year, their spokesman Jonno Duniam has revealed, adding more uncertainty to the nation’s debate on one of its hottest issues.

This comes as One Nation’s position remains confused and Labor has yet to announce changes to facilitate meeting its target of a much reduced intake, delayed from earlier this month.

While still insisting people would see the policy “in the near future”, Duniam said it had to take into account all the factors and circumstances that the world and Australia would face in 2028, when the election is due.

“We’re in 2026. The world in 2028 […] is going to be very, very different so we need to make sure we are as relevant to that point in time as possible.”

The timing is complicated by the fact Duniam, who said he would stay until the policy was finished, is due to leave parliament........

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