The world is on fire and still the Liberal Party has next to nothing. A policy without numbers, data, statistics, but “observations” on how the Coalition, under Angus Taylor, can continue to stoke a culture war with no answers, but plenty of harm.

Rich for a party that created “Big Australia”.

The Coalition is responsible for Australia’s addiction to temporary migration. It was Coalition governments that tied universities to international students – the Howard government reduced public funding for universities (and vocational education), making these institutions more reliant on full-fee paying students from overseas.

It was so successful a pivot that, by the mid-2000s, the Reserve Bank was reporting education sat behind coal and iron ore as the nation’s third-largest export.

It was the Howard government that changed migration law to allow students to apply for permanent residency from within Australia. That increased the number of people on bridging visas, while they await the outcome of their PR applications.

It was Coalition governments that expanded the system to allow temporary visa-holders to stay past their studies, with the post-study work visa, brought in to boost migration levels after Rudd-era cuts.

It was Coalition governments that expanded the working holiday-maker visa programs.

ANU research shows that out of the 49 active working holiday agreements agreed to by Australia in 2025, the Coalition was responsible for almost seven in 10. Coalition prime........

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