Mr COLEMAN (Banks—Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs) (15:08): I thank the member for his question. The member makes a really good point about the importance of stability and certainty, because stability and certainty are important across all government policies, but nowhere more so than immigration, where it is so important that we have an orderly, stable and certain approach to immigration policy. We run an immigration policy that is sovereign, focused and fair, unlike those opposite, who presided over the worst public policy failure in Australia's postwar history, when they completely lost control of our immigration system—the extraordinary and appalling humanitarian catastrophe that we saw under those opposite. Our immigration program reflects the fact that different parts of Australia have different needs. In this year's program, we have had the lowest number in the permanent migration program for the last decade. That is to reflect the fact that we have seen significant population pressures, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne. So we have reduced the level of permanent migration in our nation. And, in the year to come, we'll see a further reduction as we further reduce the cap to 160,000. Within that, what we will see us an increased focus on regional Australia. In fact, in the year that just ended we saw a 44 per cent increase in a regional sponsored migration scheme that puts regional employers together with skilled migrants. This year we've created 23,000 new visas for people who want to work hard, play by the rules and commit to regional Australia for at least three years, and then they'll be eligible for permanent residency. We have also created seven designated area migration agreements, or DAMAs, including in the area of the member for O'Connor's electorate, in the mining industry, and in the member for Wannon's electorate, in the dairy industry, where there are so many local dairy families that do need support for a migration system to help them run their businesses so they can grow those businesses and support more Australians. We're also giving working holiday-makers an incentive to commit to regional Australia, because they'll get an additional year on their visa if they do so. It is the same with the international students: if they commit to regional Australia, they'll get an additional year on their postgraduate visa as well. These are all very important initiatives that are about backing regional Australia where migration is needed to help fill skills gaps and to help grow regional communities. In our humanitarian program as well, we see that through great examples like the Yazidi community, in the Deputy Prime Minister's own electorate, which have added so much to our community. Across the board in our migration program, we'll back regional Australia every step of the way. Mr McCormack: I ask that further questions of the Morrison-McCormack government be placed on the Notice Paper.