This is hilarious. There’s now a satirical spoof account on Twitter mocking “DrDemography“, Liz Allen. It’s called “Professor Demography” and purports to be an “environmentalist” living in Sydney’s wealthy and insulated Rose Bay:
Professor Demography believes that Peter McDonald is being far too conservative and that Australia should lift its migrant intake to 500,000 a year:
220,000 annually is NOT enough. Peter has always been too conservative and behind the 8 ball. He said 120k was upper limit in earlier research. My research suggests 500,000 annually is optimal and once these people create more jobs we can increase again. #BigAustraliaDreams https://t.co/NB9YxfVxc8
— Professor Demography (@PrDemography) December 12, 2018
Australia has the second highest population growth rate in the OECD and ~65% of growth comes from immigration. Immigrants create jobs, bid at auctions, and buy cars and other consumer goods. We need this growth. Immigrants don’t add to housing unaffordability or congestion. #COAG pic.twitter.com/VUx9Mcyp7R
— Professor Demography (@PrDemography) December 12, 2018
Canberra is a waste of space. Currently fewer than 500,000 people reside in Canberra. Tokyo city fits inside Canberra and is home to ~19 million people who live comfortably in a functioning city. #CanberraBubble #CanberraLite #BiggerAustralia pic.twitter.com/LQn9O3RCMd
— Professor Demography (@PrDemography) December 12, 2018
We’ve told Peter McDonald a million times not to exaggerate 🙂
“Cutting the program to 160,000 is not going to be the end of the world, but cutting it to 70,000 would be the end of the world.”
Great job anyway helping #COAG understand that high immigration = success!
— Professor Demography (@PrDemography) December 13, 2018
The irony, of course, is that Rose Bay is part of Woollahra Municipal Council, which is projected to experience the lowest population growth across Sydney to 2036:
There’s also no better way to destroy Australia’s natural environment than to rapidly grow the population.
Funny stuff.
