Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has unveiled a policy to cut Australia's temporary migrant population by roughly 750,000 people over three years, as part of a broader push to sharply reduce overseas migration. Hanson argues that unchecked migration under the Labor government has driven up rents, strained hospitals and locked young Australians out of home ownership, accusing both major parties of prioritising vested interests over living standards.

The policy targets reductions across five visa categories over three years: 239,923 student visas, 229,674 graduate visas, 103,448 temporary skilled visas, 112,533 bridging visas, and 80,000 unlawful non-citizens or expired-visa holders. Hanson said temporary visa holder numbers have risen from around 2 million in 2022 to about 3 million in 2026, and that her plan would return the temporary migrant population to roughly 2017 levels and international student numbers to 2015 levels, with net overseas migration turning negative during the three-year period before settling at a permanent cap of 130,000 a year.