Labor has strongly criticised One Nation's newly unveiled immigration policy, warning it would devastate industries reliant on migrant labour, as leader Pauline Hanson proposed cutting Australia's temporary migrant population by 750,000 over three years. Labor frontbencher Murray Watt said sectors such as abattoirs, hospitals and aged care would be "decimated" without adequate migration, while farming and business groups also voiced alarm, arguing the plan could worsen existing workforce shortages and drive up prices.

Under One Nation's proposal, net overseas migration would fall below zero during a three-year "reset" before annual arrivals are capped at 130,000, with international student visas limited to 100,000 a year and reduced pathways to permanent residency and temporary graduate visas. The National Farmers' Federation warned that one in seven farm workers is a working holiday maker and that cuts could harm food production, while the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said businesses in hospitality, aged care, healthcare and resources depend heavily on migrant workers and that skills shortages, not migration levels, are the real constraint on the economy. The Coalition, while agreeing migration levels under Labor are too high, questioned whether One Nation had properly modelled the economic and social impact of its plan.