Australian Economy

Another economist slams Treasury’s immigration spruik

Leith van Onselen
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By Leith van Onselen

First it was MB. Then it was Judith Sloan. Now The Australian’s Henry Ergas has joined the chorus slamming the Australian Treasury’s propaganda supporting mass immigration:

…the goal of migration policy is not to increase popula­tion density for its own sake. Nor is its purpose to increase gross domestic product, or even GDP per capita, as the paper implies.

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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.