Victorian Premier Ben Carroll warned that these numbers raise the risk of a Liberal-One Nation coalition in his state, urging Liberal leader Jess Wilson to rule it out like he has for One Nation or the Greens.
Labor faces internal pressure on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to step down or replace Treasurer Jim Chalmers amid fears of seat losses tied to the cost-of-living crisis.
The Coalition responded with a plan for the largest immigration cuts in history, dropping net overseas migration to 100,000 initially, though business groups opposed it and One Nation called it insufficient.
