Ending the practice of “visa hopping” and introducing a US-style “green card lottery” for backpackers will form part of the Albanese government’s long-awaited migration shake-up aimed at reducing the number of net overseas arrivals.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has finally released details of Labor’s new migration policies including a “No Further Stay” condition to all visitor visas and a crackdown on rogue migration agents who knowingly support applications without merit.

“The government supports immigration but is opposed to anyone rorting the immigration system,” Mr Burke has declared while unveiling the migration changes in Canberra.

“Almost everyone who comes to Australia is a good guest in our country. These reforms are to ensure that our migration system can be better targeted to the current needs of Australia.”

To help achieve the May budget forecast of bringing Net Overseas Migration to 245,000 this financial year and 225,000 in 2027/28, the government says it will strengthen compliance measures to ensure people without valid visas leave the country.

The skilled migration program will be updated to support priority processing for a range of key sectors, including healthcare, construction, education, law enforcement, defence, resources, agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing.

As flagged by The Nightly this week, the Working Holiday Maker program will introduce a ballot system in the second and third-year where there will also be regional work requirement in support of communities outside the cities.

The Albanese government says it will also “stabilise processing times” for Working Holiday Maker applications to three months and improve the integrity of student visas by stopping visa hopping and restricting secondary applicants on most education visas.

Earlier this week, One Nation also announced its own policy, vowing to “reset Australia’s immigration system” by slashing the number of temporary visa holders and unlawful non-citizens by more than 750,000 over three years.

Under One Nation’s plan, once the population of temporary visa holders is reduced by approximately 750,000 over three years, a net overseas migration ceiling of 130,000 per year would be put in place and reviewed annually.