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Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor seemingly confused Coalition policy on migration in a post-budget address, giving different targets for net migration than opposition leader Peter Dutton. Taylor said the Coalition would seek to cut net migration by 25% over three years, suggesting the reduction would get shallower over time, compared with the initial 100,000 cut proposed by Dutton and other senior shadow ministers. In his budget reply, Dutton promised to cut the permanent migration program by 25% from 185,000 to 140,000 for the first two years, followed by 150,000 then 160,000 in the next two. Over following days, Dutton added that – in addition to cutting permanent migration – the Coalition also wanted to cut the net overseas migration rate from 260,000 to 160,000, a cut of 38%