Senators inquire about the modelling used to forecast the impact of migration policy changes on the net overseas migration norm and the status of related orders for the production of documents.
Speakers: Clare Sharp, Hon Jonathon Duniam, Unknown Speaker, Senator Jana Stewart
Orders for documentsGovernment spendingClare SharpHon Jonathon DuniamUnknown SpeakerSenator Jana StewartSenate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation CommitteeSupplementary Budget Estimates 2026–27Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, 27 Oct 202625386
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Clare Sharp
So fairly we did a lot of work looking at a variety of different settings and how if you adjusted them in particular ways,and it's pretty um detailed work uh Senator to come up with a set of changes that um would ensure the government could meet its normforecast both this year and into the years.
Hon Jonathon Duniam
Sure.And have you has the government uh released any of that modelling?How much of the contribution to the trajectory we're on for the norm is related to the restriction,for example, on student dependent visas or anything like that?Like how much of the overall heavy.
Clare Sharp
Senator, it hasn't been released yet, but um it has been a subject of an order for production.Uh so that that that those those figures are being pulled together.
Hon Jonathon Duniam
Okay, all right.Well we'll um we'll uh await the response to those.