The Secretary of the Department of Immigration, Michael Pezzullo, last night gave a speech at the Australian National University (ANU) where he espoused the benefits of Australia’s high immigration program, whereby a record 5 million visas will be issued this year. From John Garnaut at Fairfax:
Surging numbers of students, tourists and workers on short-term visas mean that as many as 1.9 million foreigners are likely to be in the country at any one time over the course of 2015, according to Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of the Department of Immigration.
