Triguboff: High immigration, stimulus, to prevent house price falls

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By Leith van Onselen

“Highrise” Harry Triguboff is a key player in Australia’s ‘growth lobby’ – the cabal of rent-seekers that benefits from ‘growth’, most visibly via mass immigration.

For decades, Triguboff has actively lobbied Australia’s politicians to implement policies that are beneficial to his interests, including running a mass immigration program. The below interview from 2006 highlights this point in all its hideous glory:

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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.