Experts say Labour has promised to introduce a parent visa with no quota limit, allowing up to four elderly guarantee parents from immigrant families to come to Australia to reunite, and for many who have been waiting for a long-term parental visa for up to 30 years. "very popular".
Wilshere (Carla Wilshire), chairman of the Australian Immigration Council (Migration Council Australia), said Labour`s promised parental visa would not limit the number of parents per immigrant couple who could guarantee and would be welcomed by Chinese families. Labour also wants Chinese voters to help lock in the victories in four key constituencies.
"China used to implement the one-child policy, so if both couples are Chinese, then both parents have only one child. If you look at this situation as a typical example of the Chinese community, (if only two guarantee parents come to Australia under the Unionparty policy) it will be difficult to choose. "she said.
"clearly, grandparents play a particularly important role in some communities, and people like to take care of each other rather than using institutional services."
Unionparty`s long-term parental visa will take effect on July 1, with a quota limit of 15000, and a family can only guarantee two parents at a time.
At present, immigrant families can take their parents to Australia on tourist visas, or apply for long-term parental visas, but there is a backlog of 97000 people awaiting trial.
A "contributory" long-term parent visa costs about 47000 yuan per applicant and takes about 46 months to obtain. "non-contributory" long-term parental visas are about 6,000 yuan empty, but as many as 50,000 people line up and it will take 30 years to process at the current speed of the trial.
"there is a huge backlog of applications," Wilshere said. "in a sense, both policies are an example of how past immigration programs have begun to shape immigration policies in response to demand."
Both parties are struggling to correct key separate constituencies with high immigration rates, such as Reid, Banks and Bennelong, in Sydney and Chisholm-- in Melbourne, both won by the Liberal Party in 2016 and have a high proportion of Chinese voters.
Labour said its proposed three-and five-year guarantee parent visas cost only 1250 yuan per applicant and 2500 yuan-equivalent to 1/4 of the Unionparty fee-and there was no cap on the quota.
Labour`s promised visa can also be renewed in Australia, while Unionparty requires visa holders to renew it overseas.
On Tuesday, Labour promoted its new policy on social app and invited Chinese voters to compare with Unionparty`s.
Labour called the Unionparty version of the parent visa "temporary" and "unfair," accusing Morrison government of limiting the number of parents per family who can guarantee is "a breach of a promise to immigrant voters."
However, some social app users have questioned whether a family really has the ability to guarantee four parents at the same time.
"so who`s going to pay for social welfare? taxpayer or the next generation?" Some people say。
Bijur (Bob Birrell), a demographer, warned that Labour policy could create a wave of older immigrants, putting additional pressure on cities and services. "the demand for special medical services is likely to increase because of the high incidence of health problems in the elderly," he said.
The Banks constituency of immigrant minister Coleman (David Coleman), one of Australia`s most multicultural constituencies, said Labour`s unlimited visa proposal showed "a complete lack of understanding of reasonable immigration and population planning."
Labour immigration speaker Newman (Shayne Neumann) said Unionparty forced families to choose between two parents.
