Mass immigration drives down Australia’s birthrate

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By Leith van Onselen

The SMH has published a spurious article entitled “Sydney’s migrant mums keeping Australia fertile”:

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have revealed a sharp drop in the nation’s fertility rate over the past six years to its lowest level since the turn of the century. At 1.75 babies per mother, Australian-born mothers are not producing enough babies to replace the 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.