Gaslighting Grattan pumps and whinges about immigration

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For year’s the Grattan Institute has vigorously supported the ‘Big Australia’ mass immigration policy, claiming it delivers huge benefits for the economy and society.

At the same time, Grattan continuously blames a ‘lack of supply’ – caused by said mass immigration – for driving Australia’s housing affordability woes and entrenching intergenerational inequality.

The latest example comes from the weekend’s SMH, where the Grattan Institute’s Brendan Coates – who also heads-up the Institute’s immigration propaganda unit – bemoaned that Australia would become a less equal society if it doesn’t build more homes:

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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.