Dad’s Army primes population pump

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By Leith van Onselen

Following Alan Kohler’s proclamation last week that Australia’s economy has become primarily dependent on immigration and population growth, Business Spectator’s Robert Gottliebsen (“Gotti”) has produced an unquestioning piece on the surge in Asian property investment (immigration), which is transforming Australia’s big cities:

Australia is experiencing an incredible change in the population of its central business districts. Our Asian neighbours, who are making radical long-term assumptions about the growth of the total Australian population and where they will live, are orchestrating that change…

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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.