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Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed after earlier reports of Coalition-level cut

Prime minister intervenes amid anger at news Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a third Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Anthony Albanese has guaranteed Australia’s annual refugee intake will not be cut next financial year, shutting down plans for the arrivals quota to drop by one-third to Coalition-era levels. Labor MPs and refugee advocates reacted angrily to news on Thursday morning that the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, was planning to cut…

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