The ‘stats guy’ spouts endless immigration propaganda

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Simon Kuestenmacher, dubbed the “Stats Guy”, is a well-known immigration shill. For years, he has spread propaganda to support Big Australia.

Last year, Kuestenmacher claimed that Australia’s skills shortages will worsen unless net overseas migration remains at an historically high level.

“Let’s start with a quick analysis of how important foreign-born workers are for each of the 19 industries above. Industrywide one in three workers was born outside of Australia”…

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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.