Dr Cameron Murray destroys the population boosters

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Please find above and excellent presentation from Dr Cameron Murray (co-author of Game of Mates, economist from the University of Queensland and The Australia Institute) explaining why the mass immigration ‘Big Australia’ policy is detrimental to living standards.

Dr Murray’s presentation focuses largely on the dis-economies of scale embedded in rampant population growth, as well as the mis-allocation of resources caused by trying to keep pace with a growing population.

William Bourke from Sustainable Australia also gave a good presentation at the same Politics at the Pub event:

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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.