Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Wong. I refer to the release of MYEFO, which confirms an additional $1.2 billion budget blowout in immigration. This takes the total budget blowout in immigration to over $6 billion under Labor since 2009-10. Given that the government budgeted for just 450 arrivals per month when they handed down their budget in May, and the reality is that on average Australia is receiving 2,000 arrivals per month, when will the government be upfront with the Australian people and disclose their revised estimated monthly arrivals, so that Australians know the true extent of Labor's budget blowout?