Why migrants will continue to flood Australia

Monday 18 December 2023

The Albanese government last week announced minor tweaks to Australia’s migration system, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claimed 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.