Immigration Reform Now
The numbers are out of control. The standards have collapsed.
Net overseas migration in 2024–25 — 1.107% of population.
A net increase of roughly 837 people every single day, competing for the same houses, roads and services. The historic benchmark that built modern Australia was 0.5% — the level SBSI wants restored.
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The petition
To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives, and to the President and Senators of the Senate in Parliament assembled:
We, the undersigned citizens and residents of the Commonwealth of Australia, say that Australia's immigration intake has been too high for too long. The standards governing who is admitted and on what terms have been too low. Excessive net overseas migration has placed unsustainable pressure on housing, infrastructure, essential services, and social cohesion. The migration system has become insufficiently selective and has failed to serve the national interest.
We therefore ask the Parliament to:
- Substantially reduce net overseas migration and legislate a clear, binding cap of no more than 0.5% of Australia's population each year;
- Restore migration to a level consistent with Australia's actual housing supply, infrastructure, and service delivery capacity;
- Adopt a more selective migration program focused on clear economic contribution, strong character, and Australia's long-term national interest;
- Strengthen security screening, character requirements, visa compliance, and enforcement across the entire system; and
- Ensure immigration policy promotes social cohesion, commands public confidence, and serves the wellbeing of the Australian people first.
Back to sustainable levels
Australia is importing people at more than double the rate that built this country — and it is crushing housing affordability, overwhelming hospitals and schools, and fracturing social cohesion. These were deliberate policy choices that put the interests of developers, university bosses and cheap labour ahead of Australian families.
Net overseas migration hit 1.107% of Australia’s population in 2024–25. That is 305,569 extra people in a single year — 837 new arrivals every day competing for the same houses, roads and services you rely on.
For most of the period from 1972 to 2006, net overseas migration averaged just 0.534% of population. That was the long-run discipline that allowed Australia to grow without breaking. SBSI is campaigning for a binding cap of no more than 0.5% of population in any year — the responsible, nation-first rule that built modern Australia.
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