The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released visitor arrivals and departures data for the month of March, which posted record breaking permanent and long-term arrivals.
In the year to March 2019, there were a record 845,840 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia, up 6% from March 2018, and was only partly offset by 546,010 permanent and long-term departures from Australia:
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