Pauline Hanson slams Anthony Albanese as migration is set to soar past 300,000 ... trends now
Pauline Hanson has called out Anthony Albanese over the estimated 300,000 migrants set to arrive in Australia this year as the country battles a severe housing crisis.
The One Nation senator took to social media to lambast the prime minster on immigration as she shared an image of a series of newspaper stories that illustrated Queensland's crippling rental crisis on Monday.
'Anthony Albanese's broken immigration election promise means Australia faces an influx of 300,000+ foreign arrivals this year alone!' she wrote.
'Meanwhile, many Aussie families are struggling to find a house to rent or buy and those that do are paying a huge price!'
She claimed it was 'more lies, more broken promises, and more pain for Aussies'.
Pauline Hanson (pictured) has slammed Anthony Albanese for breaking an election promise regarding the number of migrants set to arrive in Australia
Senator Hanson told Daily Mail Australia: 'The Albanese government stated it would increase immigration from 160,000 to 195,000 per year (not including refugees), primarily to address skills and labour shortages in Australia.'
'However, more than 300,000 are coming in. That is more than a 50% increase.
'Most Australians do not favour high immigration levels and One Nation wants a national plebiscite to be held on the question so the major parties can be unequivocally shown this and put in place immigration policies which reflect what the electorate wants, rather than what big retailers want.'
Mr Albanese had in fact agreed before last year's election to increase permanent migration from 160,000 to 195,000 places and to speed up visa processing for foreign workers.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers conceded back in January that Treasury had 'underestimated' immigration numbers.
He explained that the higher figure was likely due to severe labour shortages and the return of international students.
'We've got serious skills and labour shortages that are acting as a handbrake,' he said.
'It's a reasonable assumption the number may be higher than the 235,000 printed in the Budget.'
Senator Hanson suggested that the miscalculation was a significant oversight by Treasury.
'The Treasurer is right on board with the big retailers and other big companies, and is ignoring the electorate - most of us simply do not want a big
