Opposition leader says any migrant cuts could be partly offset by allowing pensioners to work more hours without reducing their pensions
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Peter Dutton has again refused to say exactly how the Coalition would make its promised cuts to migration, declining to say which skilled worker groups would be reduced or whether his target is even achievable given previous carveouts for working holidaymakers and families.
The opposition leader did say cuts to foreign worker numbers could be dealt with in part by allowing pensioners to work more hours without reducing their pensions.
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