September 18, 2026 — 12:21pm

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Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth has repeatedly failed to say whether Labor modelled the impacts of its new migration plan on wages or the broader economy, despite the government claiming plans proposed by One Nation and the Coalition would damage the Australian economy.

Speaking on radio on Friday morning, Rishworth was asked eight times whether the government had modelled the impact on wages of significant cuts to backpacker visas, and the broader economic impact of Labor’s plan, and eight times did not…

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