To kill Big Australia, make wealthy areas take migrants

In the decade leading up to the pandemic, the frequency of #SardineSydney stories across the mainstream media mushroomed as the city’s population swelled way above the capacity of the road, public transport, housing, hospital and school systems.

This led to a revolt by both residents and NSW politicians alike, who wanted the federal government to slash Australia’s immigration intake in order to alleviate the pressure on Sydney’s crush-loaded housing and infrastructure:

Then in mid-2021, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet declared himself “someone who believes in a big NSW” and promised to lobby Prime Minister Scott Morrison to significantly lift the migrant intake.