Overview

• Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed the 2025–26 permanent program stays at 185,000 places after consultations with states, with an ongoing emphasis on skilled visas.
• Police arrested neo-Nazi figure Thomas Sewell and charged him with violent disorder and other offences following the Melbourne rally and a subsequent attack on Camp Sovereignty.
• Parliament will run a rushed two-hour Senate inquiry into Nauru-linked deportation laws with Coalition support, while broader probes into migration policy were blocked.
• Former immigration deputy secretary Abul Rizvi and crossbenchers accused the government of poor transparency on long‑term migration plans, arguing this vacuum has stoked public anxiety.
• Fact checks found rally claims misused Australian Bureau of Statistics travel data and singled out Indian migrants, while official figures show net overseas migration fell from a 2022–23 peak of about 536,000 to 446,000 in 2023–24.