Immigration is the worst not only growth model

Thursday 30 August 2018

The Australian’s Adam Creighton has penned another spurious article shilling for mass immigration and a ‘Big Australia’. This time around Creighton has warned that Australia’s economy would “bleed” if the ‘skilled’ migrant program is cut:

Any plan to cut immigration, from au pairs to chefs, will immediately hit businesses’ expectations about the economy’s potential…

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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.