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List Details Violations Across Several Locations

One Nation has seen a surge in popular support over the past year, largely driven by its tough stance on immigration — a policy area closely tied to its leader, Pauline Hanson.
But a series of missteps this week have exposed a party unable or unwilling to clearly explain what it would actually do about immigration levels. The party's official policy, listed on its website, promises to cap visas at 130,000 per year. Whether that would mean a net overseas migration (Nom) target or a permanent visa ceiling is unclear.
Nom measures the overall gain or loss of population through long-term arrivals and departures — people coming into or leaving the country for at least 12 months over a 16-month period, excluding tourists. This week, One Nation's David Farley said the party's Nom was 130,000 but would not include an additional 100,000 skilled workers, backpackers, and Pacific and Timor-Leste labourers brought in through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (Palm) scheme. Barnaby Joyce, the former Nationals MP who defected to One Nation last December, rejected that, saying there were no additional visas hidden from the headline figure and dismissing Farley's comments as a rookie mistake.
Source: Guardian Australia
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