Industry shills demand migrant workers

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The travelling circus of industry shills begging for a return of ‘Big Australia’ immigration rolls on, with Michael Stutley – partner at Kingston Reid – penning an advertorial in The AFR claiming that Australia’s “social and economic success” is at risk unless we bring back so-called skilled migrants:

It [skilled migration] needs to grow. Sharply. Australia has built its social and economic success on the back of skilled migration.

…Companies are struggling just to keep current workforces. Naysayers assert there is no skilled labour shortage because we have not seen a sharp rise in wages. They said the same thing during the last boom…

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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.