International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia under a long-awaited overhaul of the immigration system.

British backpackers are coming to Australia in record numbers, but the traditional working holiday has changed.

Six-year-old Thanasi does not know about Australia's immigration policy. He just wants to be with his Kenyan mother.

One Nation's treasury spokesperson Barnaby Joyce says his party is prepared to put the will of the people ahead of the opinions of economists, as he faces claims on ABC's National Forum that net negative migration would "tank" Australia's economy.

It's one thing to set a net migration target, but working out how to achieve that is a conversation political leaders have been less keen to have.