Australia Home Affairs Migration Program planning levels
On 2 September 2025, the Australian Government announced that the 2025–26 permanent Migration Program (Migration Program) will be set at 185,000 places, maintaining 2024-25 program settings.
A skills focussed permanent Migration Program supplements Australia’s working-age population by boosting participation rates and the size of the labour force.
The 2025–26 permanent Migration Program has the following composition:
Skill stream (132,200 places, approximately 71 per cent of the program) – We have designed this stream to improve the productive capacity of the economy and fill skill shortages in the labour market, particularly those in regional Australia.
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