<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Migrants will get no welfare support until they become citizens, and Australia's net immigration intake will be tied to the number of new homes built, under the Coalition's plans.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Federal opposition leader Angus Taylor is set to deliver his budget reply tonight and will put migration and tax at the centre of his fiscal policies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Currently, some migrants who are permanent residents are eligible for welfare support programs such as the aged pension and unemployment benefits. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-negative-gearing-changes-generational-divide-landlords-property-owners/e6a1e6e1-2542-4401-a8e3-1c48286836bf" rel="" target="" title="One lucky generation of landlords will dodge the budget's major tax change"><strong><span>One lucky generation of landlords will dodge the budget's major tax change</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor wants to scrap access to support for migrants until they become Australian citizens.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In his budget reply, Taylor will challenge Labor's position that its negative gearing reforms will improve housing affordability for young Australians in the future.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Coaliton will unveil its own answer to housing affordability and supply, proposing instead to limit Australia's net migration intake to only one person per new home built.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/taylor-to-put-migration-and-tax-at-the-centre-of-his-budget-reply/04d53fdd-c11f-4e00-a8b9-258f54e546fa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The strict ratio would give Australia's construction sector time to "catch up" after historically high immigration levels, Taylor will suggest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor told media outlets ahead of his official budget reply that, under Labor, migration had run "miles ahead" of housing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is about mass migration running ahead of the homes, roads, hospitals, schools and services Australia can provide," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following Labor's budget announcement on Tuesday evening, Taylor has already revealed which elements the Coalition will support.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Coaliton will support streamlining taxes for small businesses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will support the small business measures, particularly around investment, accelerated depreciation for small businesses. That's a policy we took to the last election," he told ABC Radio.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do support investment in housing infrastructure. Again, a measure we took to the last election."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the government was conditionally in favour of the $250 tax offset but that bracket creep would take most of the benefit of it. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the Australian Financial Review, Taylor is also planning to announce a plan to automatically index tax brackets should the Coalition be elected. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The move is designed to combat bracket creep, which occurs when rising wages and inflation push taxpayers into higher tax brackets, resulting in a higher average tax rate. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>