Yesterday evening, former Labor leader and shadow minister for the NDIS and government services, Bill Shorten, admitted that Australia’s stunning jobs market – the best in generations – has been driven by the collapse in immigration over the pandemic:
Rafael Epstein: We do have a remarkable number today: the lowest unemployment rate since 1974… Do the government get any credit for that?
Bill Shorten: I’m pleased that people are finding work… But I think a big driver of the current numbers though is the fact that we don’t have a lot of visa workers coming into Australia because of COVID. So, do I think this is all the government’s economic genius? No I don’t.
