Immigration minister cherry picks lies to support a ‘Big Australia’

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By Leith van Onselen

On Friday, Australia’s immigration minister, David Coleman, gave a speech to Migration Institute of Australia – the lobby group for Australian migration service providers – which presented a whole bunch of misleading cherry-picked facts to support Australia’s mass immigration intake.

Below are the key howlers by Coleman:

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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.