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Australians want significantly lower immigration.
The latest True Issues survey by JWS Research revealed that 78% of respondents agreed that “housing access and affordability has now reached the point of being a national crisis”.
Three-quarters (67%) of respondents believe that “Australia should reduce its migration intake until new supply of housing eases the current shortage”. More than half (56%) also believe that “Australia’s population is increasing too quickly”.
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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.