Immigration static as Labor backs up visa dump truck

Wednesday 13 July 2022

Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released overseas arrivals and departures data for May, which revealed there were a net 6,750 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia over the month, although the quarterly intake fell to only 12,380 migrants:

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Over the year to May 2022, there were only 61,560 net long-term migrant arrivals:

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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.