Anthony Albanese is scrambling to take the heat out of a sensitive political battle after a speech from Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was spectacularly cancelled.

Opposition MPs are concerned about any perception that the Coalition would support Labor on migration, which could fuel Pauline Hanson’s talking point on the Labor-Coalition…

Angus Taylor said the net overseas migration level should be capped at 170,000 presently, more than 70,000 fewer than the government’s target.