In a recent interview on Perth radio, Opposition Spokesman on Immigration, Dan Tehan, asserted: “I’ve been saying now for well over 18 months, it’s [meaning immigration] too high”.
I have been unable to find any public statement by Tehan 18 months ago that immigration levels were too high. But his leader, Peter Dutton, publicly said in September 2022, that:
“we do need an increase in migration numbers, but we’ll see what the Government actually delivers. Because this can be many, many months, if not a couple of years in the pipeline.”
If Tehan thought immigration levels were too high ‘well over 18 months ago’, he must have said that privately to Dutton and that Dutton ignored him. Or more likely, Tehan never said anything of the sort 18 months ago and is now just making it up.........