‘Dr Demography’ Liz Allen crush-loaded by own migrant utopia

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By Leith van Onselen

The ACT Light Rail only opened on the weekend and already ‘Dr Demography’ Liz Allen is complaining about being stranded on a sardine packed tram:

Oh the irony. Liz Allen is a key lobbyist for the mass immigration ‘Big Australia’ policy, which is responsible for squeezing more than a million people into Sydney and Melbourne over the past 14 years:

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And will roughly double both city’s populations to around 10 million people over the next half-century, according to the ABS’ medium projection:

Travelling in slow, sardine-packed conditions is a daily experience for commuters in Sydney and Melbourne – a situation that will unambiguously worsen as both city’s populations double again, thanks to Liz Allen’s beloved mass immigration policy.

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Welcome to your vibrant utopia, Liz.

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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.