But they were much more due to both major parties leaving a vacuum on immigration and population policy. With net migration booming to unprecedented levels, in late 2023, the Labor Government followed up with its own migration strategy. A migration strategy without clear targets for net migration and a single minister responsible for delivering those is no strategy at all. While net migration is crucially important, so is the permanent Migration Program. For the first time in my memory, the Government has not announced the 2025-26 Migration Program well ahead of the start of the program year.