Salt of the Ponzi demands mass immigration reboot

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Bernard Salt – the self proclaimed “unabashed supporter of a bigger Australia” – has produced reams of articles pushing rapid population growth and warning that to not follow this path would lead to an economic and fiscal catastrophe.

Yesterday, Salt told the Australian International Education Conference that Australian must restore mass immigration to safeguard living standards:

Australia’s skills crunch is on the cusp of crisis as historically low levels of migration, including the collapse of the international student market, collides with the retirement of Baby Boomers, according to one of Australia’s leading demographers…

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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.