HIA: feed us more immigrants

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By Leith van Onselen

From the Housing Industry Association (HIA) comes another dose of hypocrisy:

“Overseas migrants tend to be concentrated in the 20-30 age range, or the key first home-buyer segment,” said HIA senior economist Shane Garrett. “When you get more migrants coming to Australia the demand for housing can only go one way”…

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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.