The Coalition is expected in coming weeks to reveal the broad outlines of a policy platform centred around deep cuts to migrant numbers.
But which numbers are they talking about? Are they talking about net overseas migration? Or are they worried about the visa programs? If so, is it the permanent stream or the temporary?
Do they even know?
And is Labor really a party of “mass migration”?
In a debate that too often veers into emotive language and threatens to explode into outright racism, it’s worth getting the facts straight.