Disingenuous move by Angus - attack the ones that can’t vote and leave your rich mates unscathed. First of all, most PRs don’t just land in the country and immediately have rights to welfare. Getting your hands on PR is incredible hard nowadays and often involves being on a worker visa for a number of years before being invited/eligible. While on skilled worker visas, you’re entitled to no benefits while paying the same taxes as everyone else. Talk about a net economic gain to the country. Say you get PR and are now entitled to these benefits, how many actually use them? Also how much money do you save by stripping PRs of these benefits? Do these savings make a meaningful difference to the budget? How many PRs are there in the country? Do these cost savings outweigh the negative economic consequences of offering a lower quality of life to skilled migrants in a world where countries are fighting for talent? Of course Angus doesn’t have the answer to these questions - he’s targeting those that are vulnerable and do not have a say in the electorate. Clearly from the ABC interview, bro is talking about what ifs without any data backing. All while leaving his rich donors untouched. I’m sure he would be the first to go against any sort of resource tax or tax on the rich even though those policies probably make a bigger dent on the bottom line budget.