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The AFR Magazine did a full court press demanding that policy makers deliver a Giant Australia:
The article features a conga-line of economists and commentators claiming that: 1) Australia is too small and needs to a much larger population; 2) that a strong immigration program is unambiguously good; and 3) smaller immigration is not an option.
Author Jacob Greber also claims angst over housing shortages risks “fracturing the fragile bigger-Australia consensuses”.
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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.