Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Roberts, in relation to the exact figures, you did mention the Minister for Home Affairs; I would need to seek those figures from the Minister for Home Affairs. I don't represent the Minister for Home Affairs. What I can confirm, though, is that the 2020-21 migration program, as I said to you in the answer I provided to your first question, has had to be shaped and has had to be adapted to changing circumstances and to support Australia's economic and health recovery from COVID-19. I think you would accept that that is a fact.

In terms of the migration program ceiling for 2020-21, it has been retained at 160,000 places, to maximise flexibility for program delivery. In relation to those places, I can advise you that 79,600 places were allocated for the skills stream, 77,300 places were allocated for the family stream, 100 places were allocated for the special eligibility stream and 3,000 places were allocated for the child— (Time expired)