Moderate Liberals warn Angus Taylor against adopting Trump-style immigration policies
Paul Scarr, the shadow immigration minister under Sussan Ley and South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan expressed concernGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal MPs have warned their new leader, Angus Taylor, against lurching further to the right, and imposing...
<p>Paul Scarr, the shadow immigration minister under Sussan Ley and South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan expressed concern</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Liberal MPs have warned their new leader, Angus Taylor, against lurching further to the right, and imposing “blanket bans” on immigration <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/16/migrants-from-gaza-and-somalia-among-those-to-be-banned-from-australia-under-unreleased-liberal-plan">after a proposal was leaked to adopt hardline Trump-like policies</a> to ban immigrants from specific regions under terrorist control – including Gaza and Lebanon.</p><p>Guardian Australia reported on Monday an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/16/migrants-from-gaza-and-somalia-among-those-to-be-banned-from-australia-under-unreleased-liberal-plan">immigration plan</a> drafted under the former leader Sussan Ley, proposing to ban migrants from 37 regions of 13 countries where listed terrorist organisations have territorial control.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/17/moderate-liberals-warn-angus-taylor-against-adopting-trump-style-immigration-policies">Continue reading...</a>
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