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For a short period of time, it appeared that even Bernard Salt – the self proclaimed “unabashed supporter of a bigger Australia” – believed Melbourne was growing too fast and argued that immigration needs to be moderated. From Nine News in April (here and here):
Melbourne is currently growing by 126,000 people a year…
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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.