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The hidden costs of Australia’s ‘Big Australia’ mass immigration policy was drawn further into view with a report by Melbourne University researchers claiming Melbourne risks losing its food bowl as urban development encroaches on fertile farmland:
Melbourne’s food bowl is at serious risk of disappearing to housing development unless significant changes are made, according to a new report.
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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.