So much for Labor’s “sustainable immigration”

Thursday 14 December 2023

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese proclaimed that the federal government would bring immigration back to “sustainable levels”:

Our migration system is broken and we have a plan to fix it.

Our new Migration Strategy that we’ll unveil next week will help bring migration back to sustainable levels. pic.twitter.com/9Fwj7GKsO0

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About the author

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.