Australia's 2024–25 permanent Migration Program

​​​Australia's permanent Migration Program (Migration Program) aims to balance a range of economic, social and demographic objectives and priorities, while focusing on Australia’s longer-term national interests. The Department invited public submissions to inform the planning of Australia’s Migration Program for 2024–25. Public submissions have now closed and feedback has been analysed and incorporated​. The Department sought views on the following questions:​

1. What is the ideal size and composition of the 2024−25 permanent Migration Program and why?
2. How can migration policy settings better support social cohesion outc​omes in Australia?
3. How can migration policy settings support Australia’s ongoing economic prosperity and fairness?
4. How should we factor in the impact and opportunities of migration on Australian communities, including in terms of access to services such as health, education, housing and infrastructure?

​To assist with submissions, the Department published the Planning Australia’s 2024–​25 permanent Migration Program Discussion Paper​.

Stakeholders were also referred to the following information​:

• Australian Bureau of Statistics – Migrant Data Matrices
  
• Australian Bureau of Statistics – Statistics on Australia's international migration, internal migration (interstate and intrastate), and the population by country of birth
  
• ​ Department of Home Affairs – Administration of the Immigration and Citizenship Programs
  
• Department of Home Affairs – Historical Migration Planning Levels and Program Outcomes
  
• ​ Department of Home Affairs – 2023-24​ Migration Program Planning Levels
  
• Jobs and Skills Australia – Towards a National Jobs and Skills Roadmap, Annual Jobs and Skills Report 2023
• ​ The Treasury – The Lifetime fiscal impact of the Australian permanent migration program
• The Treasury – 2023 Intergenerational Report
  
• The Treasury – Employment White Paper
• ​ Evidence and insights published by the Centre for Population​​​
  
  

Providing a submission to the 2024–​25 Migration Program

Submissions to inform the 2024–25 Migration Program have now closed. ​On 14 May 2024, the Government announced the size and composition of the 2024–25 Migration Program. Details are at 2024–25 Migration Program planning levels.

The Department will consult on the size and composition of the 2025–26 Migration Program, and the first multi-year migration planning cycle, in due course.