Never trust Grattan Institute on immigration or housing

Tuesday 22 August 2023

On immigration and housing policy, the Grattan Institute should always be viewed with scepticism.

Why? Because Grattan’s immigration “research” is funded by the pro-Big Australia Scanlon Foundation, which was founded by real estate entrepreneur and rich lister Peter Scanlon:

As John Masanauskas of the Herald-Sun explained in 2009 (link no longer active):

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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.