Census 2016 confirms lift in Aussie homelessness

Wednesday 14 March 2018

I wrote last month (here and here) how homelessness in Melbourne has risen dramatically at the same time as the city’s population has ballooned by nearly one million people (26%) over the past decade, driven primarily by the federal government’s mass immigration ‘Big Australia’ policy:

This was confirmed by the release of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) 2016-2017 report, which reported a dramatic surge in people seeking homeless services after being forced-out of their homes by rising housing costs:

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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.