Chris Richardson speaks with immigration forked tongue

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A decade ago, former Deloitte Access Economics chief economist, Chris Richardson, called for a big lift in Australia’s already turbo-charged immigration:

SIMON FRAZER: At 1.7%, Australia has a world-beating population growth rate. But some observers still want more people, more quickly.

Chris Richardson, the director of Deloitte Access Economics, is one of them.

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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.