Australia’s prolonged international border closure appears to have lowered the political temperature around immigration, according to the latest Guardian Essential Poll.

Unpack the fortnightly Guardian Essential Report with Paul Karp, Reporter for Guardian Australia, Peter Lewis, Executive Director at Essential Media, and Richard Denniss, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute.

Graphs & Analysis by John Remmington, Essential Media Hosted by Ebony Bennett, deputy director at the Australia Institute.

Read Australian voters rethinking immigration in wake of extended border closures, poll suggests by Katharine Murphy.

Read Can we have a sober debate about immigration and consider the reality on workers? by Peter Lewis.

Recorded live on 26 October 2021.

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