Migration's contribution to Australia's population growth is set to be revealed as political parties lock horns over how many arrivals to cut and consensus on diversity frays.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release figures on Thursday for migration levels for the 12 months to June as part of annual population data.
The Liberals and One Nation have attacked Labor for underestimating net overseas migration in previous years, with the government revising their forecast upwards by 55,000 arrivals in May's federal budget.
Having projected an intake of 240,000, they now believe just shy of 300,000 foreigners will have made Australia home in the past year.
That's almost identical to the 2024/25 figure of 306,000 and well below bumper years in 2022 and 2023, where a post-pandemic boom caused net arrivals to swell to a record 538,000.
