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We are often told that Australia needs to run high levels of “skilled” migration in order to alleviate so-called skills shortages and to mitigate an ageing population.
This view has been debunked many times on this blog.
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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.