Migration crackdown and housing boost in budget reply
OPPOSITION Leader Angus Taylor is due to make his first budget reply speech, with a focus on migration and housing policy. WHAT IS EXPECTED IN THE SPEECH? * The rate of net overseas migration would be capped at the level of houses being built each year * Certain welfare measures would be limited to Australian citizens, including access to the NDIS, family tax benefits, and paid parental leave * Mr Taylor would also revive former opposition leader Peter Dutton’s policy of setting up a $5 billion housing infrastructure fund * The fund would support infra