“Enough, enough, enough”: Scott Morrison cuts immigration
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave a speech last night at the 2018 Bradfield Oration at the Art Gallery of NSW whereby he confirmed that Australia’s permanent migrant intake will be reduced, mixed in with a bunch of misleading, false and exaggerated statements spruiking the benefits of migration [my emphasis]:
Population growth has played a key role in our economic success. But I also know Australians in our biggest cities are concerned about population.
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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.
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