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australia is in a housing crisis. yet the Federal government has set the 25-26 financial year with a 185,000 cap for permanent migrants. this is not a number; this is a population the the size of townsville. this is cairns and alice springs population added together. this number is toowoomba and mount gambier added together. 185,000 is orange, dubbo, bathurst, tamworth and parkes added together.  and my friend, this is just one year, last year was 190,000. the preceding years just as large. and this doesn't take into all other visa types. this is just glutinous excess without a concern for the social cohesion of tomorrow.  

we are calling for:

a permanent cap of 25,000 permanent residency visas per year

until housing supply, rental availability and essential services recover.

this must be accompanied by real due diligence to ensure people granted permanent residency are those that respect australian law, value community safety and contribute to a stable, cohesive society.

 in australia, housing is not just shelter — it is how we create citizens, families, and a future. you cannot grow the population faster than you can build homes.

that hurts everyone — including migrants. 

the math isn’t mathing; and we all know and feel it.

one of the groups strongest shared core believes are this: we will not vote for anyone who hasn't made a pre-election promise and told us explicitly the cap number. 

we call upon state and territories ministers and shadows to write to the federal parliament expressing the impacts housing supply is having on your respectively communities.  We believe The National Cabinet presents an ideal forum to discuss collectively what is truly right in australia. 

we call upon the Australian Senate (Joint Standing Committee on Migration) to quickly ask and answer the question; what is the sweet spot? what is our true capacity as a nation to offer visas? what are the unintended consequences if we get it wrong?

we need to look to our european neighbors with the capacity to learn how policy decisions can erode social cohesion; and we need to act with decisive leadership.