Long-term migrant arrivals hit another all-time high

Friday 18 January 2019

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released visitor arrivals and departures data for the month of November, which again posted turbo-charged net annual permanent and long-term arrivals.

In the year to November 2018, there were 828,980 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia – up 7% from November 2017 and an all-time high. This was partly offset by 540,760 permanent and long-term departures from Australia:

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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.