Under a plan to fundamentally rewrite federal government quotas for permanent immigrants, states and territories will have to submit their annual needs for skilled migrants to the federal government and prove they have sufficient infrastructure to support them.
The Australian newspaper understands that as communities are concerned about urban congestion and declining quality of life, states are increasingly demanding a greater voice in national population policies. So the policy has been discussed at the top of Morrison government.
The proposed new framework will transfer authority, which determines the intake of permanent immigrants, from the federal government to states and territories, and the country`s immigration quotas will be determined by the combined needs of the states and territories.
If states agree, this would constitute a fundamental shift in immigration policy to reflect the demand-driven model of annual permanent immigration quotas.
But states need to prove that they have begun to study infrastructure programs, such as housing approvals, and the work of schools and hospitals to support these migrants.
In a call for a reduction in the number of immigrants of the year, the federal government, under the guidance of the home affairs minister Darden (Peter Dutton), has pushed down the number of permanent immigrants of the year, from one hundred and ninety thousand in the former Labour government to one hundred and sixty one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine last year. It has returned to the same level as it was more than a decade ago.
It is understood that while the proposal is still in the early stages of development, the Cabinet may soon approve the establishment of a population working group to make recommendations on other policies as part of a broader population plan.
The Australian newspaper revealed in August that minister Duggie (Alan Tudge), the population and urban infrastructure, was multicultural before coup and citizen minister, at the time he was on the verge of completing a reform of immigration regulations. These change will force skilled immigrants to settle in cities and areas outside Melbourne and Sydney for at least five years.
However, the proposed change in immigration quotas would further address a fundamental contradiction in population policy-the federal government controls immigrants as the main population lever, but schools, hospitals and road facilities are the responsibility of the states.
The Aussie learned that although the new mechanism had not yet been established, government had done a lot of work, Morrison was actively involved, and had advised on the initial policy process as a former finance minister.
The states, especially the new ones, demand a greater say in setting immigration quotas, saying they have to bear the burden of high population growth, outpacing their ability to build infrastructure.
New state governor Begillian (Gladys Berejiklian) has called for population policy to be on the agenda of the next Australian government joint meeting, (COAG), and is trying to blame federal government immigration policies for the increased congestion in Sydney.
"it`s time to put on the brakes and hold the pace of immigration in the new state," she said last month.
Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Morrison said he was taking a "new" approach to population policy, including states, hinting that immigration policy would be rewritten completely.
"instead of taking a top-down approach, I said to the states and the collar, `Please tell me how many people your state can hold. Our immigration quota will be based on how many people can be supported by the infrastructure and services that these states can provide to them. " The prime minister told 2GB host Jones in a radio interview.
Recently, Duggie`s immigration rhetoric has also changed, arguing that cities and town centres outside Sydney and Melbourne need more skilled migrants.
He said the fact that nearly 90 percent of Australia`s new permanent residents live in Sydney or Melbourne is unsustainable.
Schotton last month called on Morrison to support a bipartisan working group of experts to develop a new solution.
