Liz Allen ratioed spouting Big Australia propaganda

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ANU “demographer” Liz Allen appeared on The ABC where she spouted a bunch of useless propaganda in support of the Intergenerational Report’s (IGR) Big Australia population projection of 40.5 million people by 2062-63:

When asked how the fabric of Australia will change following 14.5 million population growth over 40 years via net overseas migration, Allen responded with the following tripe:

“I think it’s not going to unsettle anything in this country”.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.