By Ben Hill For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 20:25 GMT, 18 March 2019 | Updated: 20:25 GMT, 18 March 2019
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is preparing to slash Australia's immigration intake after the shooting massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
A cap of 160,000 people per year is expected to be introduced, setting an official limit for the first time and dropping the average annual intake from 190,000.
The government's Expenditure Review Committee has approved the Coalition's broader population policies, The Australian reported.
Mr Morrison said there was a 'tribalism' distorting the discussion of issues such as immigration.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured) is preparing to slash Australia's immigration intake after the shooting massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand
'The worst example being the despicable appropriation of concerns about immigration as a justification for a terrorist atrocity,'
