Crispin Hull lambasts Labor’s visa tsunami

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The Canberra Times’ Crispin Hull has taken the Albanese Government to task for opening the immigration floodgates, approving 600,000 visas a month since its election. Hull describes this rate of approval as “sausage-machine stuff which means applications cannot possibly be given the scrutiny they deserve”. As has come amid widespread reports of visa rorting and exploitation.

Hull believes Labor has put Australia on “a path to dangerous over-population”, straining all manner of economic and social infrastructure, housing and the environment.

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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.