According to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation report on the 17th, Australian Home Secretary Tony Burke delivered a speech at the Australian National Press Club on the same day announcing the government's comprehensive reform of the immigration system. He announced a series of measures, including expelling unlawfully stranded non-citizens, basically prohibiting visa applications from family members of international students, and tightening temporary immigrant visa conversion regulations. The measures aim to reduce Australia's net overseas immigration numbers from 306,000 as of June 2025 to 225,000 in the 2027-2028 fiscal year.

According to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation report on the 17th, Australian Home Secretary Tony Burke delivered a speech at the Australian National Press Club on the same day announcing the government's comprehensive reform of the immigration system. He announced a series of measures, including expelling unlawfully stranded non-citizens, basically prohibiting visa applications from family members of international students, and tightening temporary immigrant visa conversion regulations. The measures aim to reduce Australia's net overseas immigration numbers from 306,000 as of June 2025 to 225,000 in the 2027-2028 fiscal year.