Politicised ABS spouts more immigration propaganda

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

I noted last month how the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) appeared to have joined the push for a ‘Big Australia’ of 40 million mid-century, publishing the following propaganda on its Facebook page:

At the time I noted that the ABS had conveniently failed to mention the fact that Australia is mostly desert and experienced regular droughts, as we are seeing in NSW and parts of QLD currently:

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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.