Big business loves Albo’s extreme immigration

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If you want to know what the business lobby thinks of the Albanese Government’s record-breaking immigration program, look no further than its mouthpiece The AFR Chanticleer.

According to the paper, immigration is “the hottest topic in corporate Australia” and “business is licking its lips at the prospect of migration reform, with few doubting that a bigger Australia is better”.

“It is boosting retailers’ sales, increasing landlords’ ability to collect rent, helping miners and contractors find staff, bolstering the big four banks’ customer numbers, lifting pathology providers’ testing volumes, filling up Macquarie’s IT department”, The AFR says.

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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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