Coalition immigration crackdown may prove a line in the quicksand

April 15, 2026 — 5:31am

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Coalition leader Angus Taylor’s decision to go down the rabbit hole and offer Liberal Party voters a One Nation-lite variation on immigration is a risky gambit that reflects poorly on a political party that needs to appeal to a broader base.

Taylor unveiled the first part of his plan for an immigration crackdown in a provocative hardline speech to the Menzies Research Centre that pushed many of the buttons Pauline Hanson has been thumping for years.

His speech also carried echoes of the Trump administration’s ICE-style hardline approach to border protection and deportations, and proposed making compliance with Australian........

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