Policy failure is wrecking living standards

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On Friday evening, I was interviewed by Sky News’ Erin Molan, where I provided a simple solution to Australia’s immigration policy quagmire, which has seen our state budgets and major cities crush-loaded by too much immigration.

The discussion followed both NSW Premier Chris Minns and Opposition leader Mark Speakman pushing back against the federal government’s mass immigration following NSW losing nearly $200 million of GST funding. Their revolt followed similar push-back from former premiers Dominic Perrottet and Bob Carr.

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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.