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Guardian Australia political reporter Josh Butler speaks with Essential Media chair Peter Lewis about how many votes can be won in the bruising and often incendiary brawl over migration policy
Guardian Essential report: what do Australians really think about immigration? – Australian Politics podcast Immigration is the hot-button issue lighting up this month’s polling. Elsewhere, the Coalition have hit their equal-lowest ever primary vote, despite mounting scrutiny on Labor’s handing of the economy and inflation, and other dramas dogging the government.
Australia news live: Anika Wells named in Time’s ‘influential rising stars’; NSW seeks to join Queensland in ‘from the river to the sea’ ban case Colleges warned ‘do not try to game’ student visas after last-minute enrolments for cancelled diploma soar The political battle over Australian immigration is really a story of what kind of nation we want to be Inflation is rising, interest rates are going up – and Labor’s economic woes could be One Nation’s gain Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s primary vote climbs again as Coalition’s sinks to lowest level yetAustralian PoliticsInflation leaps to 4% stoking fears of fifth interest rate hike before Christmas
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