Harry Triguboff gets his desired housing shortage

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Nobody plays Australia’s politicians like Meriton founder ‘Highrise’ Harry Triguboff.

For decades, Triguboff has lobbied politicians to implement policies beneficial to his financial interests, including running a mass immigration program.

The below interview from 2006 highlights this point in all of its glory. In this interview, Triguboff argued the population of Sydney should be 20 million by 2050, with the population of Australia at 150 million.

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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.