ALP: “dog whistling” to blame immigration for housing shortage

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If you want textbook examples of how the Labor’s open borders nutters lie and obfuscate about Australia’s housing shortage, check out the below answer in NSW question time to MP Rod Roberts’ claim that excessive net overseas migration is worsening the rental crisis [my emphasis]:

“The Hon. ROD ROBERTS: My question is directed to the Minister for everything, the Hon. Rose Jackson, in her capacity as the Minister for Housing”.

“Reports from the ABC, Domain, respected economists and a recent Guardian Essential poll state that migration is worsening the current rental crisis”.

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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.