Labor's refugee intake falls to 13,750 despite conference pledge

Six weeks after Labor's national conference reaffirmed 20,000 refugee places as a floor and 27,000 as an aspiration, the government confirms the humanitarian intake will drop to 13,750 by 2027-28 — exactly where the Coalition left it. Labor says the figure was forecast in 2023 and locked in the May budget. The timing is the awkward part.