Teal Independent member for the federal Melbourne seat of Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, has followed in the footsteps of fellow Teal MP Allegra Spender and attempted to shut down the debate on immigration.
Appearing at the wokester Australia Institute’s Politics at the Pub event, Daniel “called out” the “politicisation of immigration and the politics of fear in the lead-up to the federal election”:
“We have to call out that kind of rhetoric”
Zoe Daniel MP @zdaniel, at our Politics in the Pub event shared her concern about the politicisation of immigration & the politics of fear in the lead-up to the federal election. #auspol #insiders pic.twitter.com/ywMzwzsj8Q
— Australia Institute (@TheAusInstitute) June 8, 2024
It is always funny to see the white elite left from their wealthy suburbs trying to conjure up some racist element to an immigration debate that is based on pure maths.
The immigration issue has nothing to do with race. It is a numbers problem: We are importing people at a faster rate than housing and infrastructure can be provided, as well as the natural environment’s carrying capacity.
Zoe Daniel cannot seriously try to claim that Melbourne’s population growth is sustainable.
It took Melbourne around 170 years to grow to 3.5 million people at the turn of the century.
In only 24 years, Melbourne’s population has grown by another 1.8 million. And by 2056, the state government projects that Melbourne’s population will swell to 9.0 million people, representing a 5.5 million increase in only 56 years:
All of Melbourne’s population increase will have come from net overseas migration:
On what planet does it make sense to run such a high immigration policy?
Does Zoe Daniel honestly believe that Melbourne will be a better place to live with 9.0 million people than it is currently at 5.3 million people, or was at 3.5 million people at the turn of the century?
Put the racism do whistle away, Zoe. Australians have every right to debate whether current and projected immigration numbers are sensible or sustainable.
Anyone with even a sliver of common sense can see that the past 20 years of immigration have been excessive and that the numbers need to be dialled right back.
