Ley's abject capitulation on mass migration

November 4, 2025

As Jane O’Sullivan points out, it’s still just possible for “democratic” nations to defer to voters, to reverse absurdly unsustainable levels of immigration that voters don’t want. In New Zealand, it took a change of government. Not so in Canada.

In Australia, however, Liberal and Labor only have eyes for each other, voters are out of luck. Check what happened, when Sussan Ley’s new Home Affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam (Jonno who?) finally surfaced, with a tame interview for Nine Media.

Did he call out Labor’s “racist” and “neo-Nazi” smears of voters? Did he roast Albanese’s permanent elevation of net migration into the 300,000s? Did he urge slashing immigration to lift housing affordability, as per Canada and New Zealand?

Hell, no. His was an obsequious fan-letter to his “opposite” number Tony Burke, recycling Tony’s time-worn fibs. “United message… explain the plan… Tony Burke and myself show leadership… there will be a number… room to move… no blunt approach… number needs to come down… if you want to take the number up… step by step.“