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As we know, the Albanese Government on Friday announced that it will immediately lift the permanent non-humanitarian migrant intake by 35,000 to a record high 195,000.
In announcing the increase, Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neil suggested Labor wants to pursue post-war style ‘nation building’ via mass immigration:
“This is a turning point in our history as momentous as the post war ‘populate or perish’ program that was the foundation of our post-war reconstruction, nation building and national security.”
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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.
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