Senator Suggests Cutting Immigration Like a DIY Renovation Disaster
KEY POINTS
- â˘On August 14, 2026, Senator Andrew Bragg proposed reducing Australia's net overseas migration to below 180,000 people annually.
- â˘Bragg also announced a plan to cut the national construction code to help keep housing builds aligned with migration levels.
- â˘Colleague Andrew McLachlan supported Bragg's initiative, but opposition leader Angus Taylor strongly criticized it as reactionary.
Senior political colleagues have dismissed Andrew Bragg's bold plan to slash Australia's net overseas migration from approximately 300,000 down to below 180,000âa feat he pitched alongside cutting the national construction code to presumably magic-up enough houses. At the National Press Club on August 14, 2026, the South Australian senator got cheers from fellow Liberal Andrew McLachlan but a swift rebuke from opposition leader Angus Taylor. Experts are calling the backlash an 'overreaction,' while insiders quietly wonder if Bragg thinks houses pop out faster than kangaroo joeys. The split has left the coalition party looking like a home renovation show gone wildly off-script.
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(1 of 3)Andrew Bragg wants fewer immigrants because apparently Australians canât even finish building houses nowânext up, telling kangaroos to speed up their joeysâ growth.
Cutting migration to match housing builds because logic says if your floorboards arenât nailed, maybe fewer guests should RSVP.
Andrew Bragg just dropped his housing-migration plan like a confused contractor trying to build a door into a slam dunk hoop.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 8/15/2026 | Author: Krishani Dhanji
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