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Mr Hastie, who is Mr Burke’s shadow counterpart, made a lengthy post on Instagram on Wednesday declaring Australians were “starting to feel like strangers in our own home”.

“If we don’t act, we can expect anger and frustration,” Hastie wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

“We might even die as a political movement. So be it. What is the point of politics, if you’re not willing to fight for something?”

He claimed Australians were not having kids because net overseas migration has pushed basics, such as housing, out of reach.

“Our allegiance is to the Australian people and making sure they have a roof over their heads,” he posted.

“But many young Australians have lost hope of owning a home.

“And, if they can’t build a home, it’s very hard to start a family.”

He went on to say it “might, in part, explain the collapse of our fertility rate to 1.5 births per woman”.

“Yet, Australia is growing rapidly but it’s not because we’re having more children,” he continued.

“So what’s driving our growth? The answer is net overseas migration – the NOM.”

Mr Burke rebuked Mr Hastie’s comments in a statement.

“Modern Australia must be strange to a Liberal Party that stubbornly refuses to enter the 21st century,” he said.

“Net Overseas Migration is down more than 40 per cent.

“Mr Hastie’s conviction is cosplay unless he can name the specific visa classes he wants to slash.”

Net overseas migration (NOM) is the total number of people who have entered Australia minus those who have left.

After peaking at more than 530,000 in 2022-23, it dropped to 446,000 in 2023-2024, according to official data.