John Alexander: Cities are choking, cut immigration

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By Leith van Onselen

The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the development of Australia’s cities, Liberal MP John Alexander, has called for immigration to be slowed until infrastructure has caught up:

…He said benchmarking immigration against infrastructure planning and progress was key to ensuring population growth was underpinned by the necessary infrastructure.

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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.