Radio 2GB demolishes Labor’s unlimited elderly visas

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Radio 2GB’s Michael Maclaren has done a good job demolishing Labor’s uncapped policy to allow migrant Australians to bring their parents to Australia, which Demographer Peter McDonald predicts could result in 2 million additional elderly residents inundating Australia.

Michael is joined by Dr Bob Birrell, demographer at the Australian Population Research Institute, who himself last week forecast 200,000-plus additional elderly parent visas in Labor’s first term.

Also discussed is Australia’s higher education system being undermined by a growing reliance on foreign fee-paying students.

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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.