Desperate Sydneysiders forced to live in crowded slums

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By Leith van Onselen

The SMH ran an article over the weekend shedding crocodile tears for young families locked-out of “huge swathes of Sydney”, while telling Sydneysiders that they must give up their backyards to accommodate the flood of migrants expected to inundate the city:

NIMBYs beware. Your garden may be a relic of history by 2050…

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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.