MB talks rental crisis and immigration on Radio 2GB

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There is ample evidence that increasing rents in Australia can be traced back to more and more people needing somewhere to call home, especially with the Albanese Government’s Big Australia policy.

Early this morning I spoke with Luke Grant at Radio 2GB on how the federal government is gaslighting us into believing that its mass immigration policy is not adversely impacting the rental market.

Earlier this week, I pointed out that Immigration Minister Andrew Giles posted on Facebook claiming that Labor’s record immigration policy is not driving Australia’s rental crisis, which is unambiguously false.

We also touch on the international student trade, skills shortages, and other immigration-related matters.

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The interview is available below.

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.