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Angus Taylor Calls for Values Test in Australia’s Immigration Program
The plan would make Australian values a visa condition and add social media checks as the Coalition seeks to tighten screening and deportations.
- On Tuesday, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor unveiled a hardline migration plan at the Menzies Research Centre, proposing a legally enforceable 'Australian Values Statement' visa condition and mandatory social-media screening for applicants.
- Mounting pressure from One Nation's electoral gains prompted the Coalition's shift, as Taylor framed migration as requiring values-based discrimination to protect national culture. The plan reintroduces temporary protection visas Labor abolished in 2023.
- The proposal targets a backlog of 65,000 asylum seekers via a 'safe-country' list to fast-track rejections and establishes a joint taskforce to remove overstayers. Taylor singled out 1,300 Gazans for reassessment, alleging they pose a "clear risk" to Australia.
- Labor frontbencher Pat Conroy called the speech "desperately trying to compete with One Nation in a race to the bottom," while Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman warned that singling out migrants "gives permission for racism."
- Legal experts raised concerns over potential Refugee Convention violations and the constitutionality of values-based visa cancellations. The Coalition's adoption of screening measures mirrors those used in the United States under Donald Trump.
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Leaning Left10Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
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