The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released visitor arrivals and departures data for the month of February, which again posted turbo-charged net annual permanent and long-term arrivals.
In the year to February 2018, there were 788,260 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia – up 3% from February 2017 and an all-time high. This was partly offset by 522,730 permanent and long-term departures from Australia – also a record high: