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Last month, Greens leader Andrew Bandt appeared on Sky News, where he reiterated the party’s call for rents to be frozen.
Following that, a panelist asked Bandt about the rental crisis: “Do you welcome the promised drop in migration?” Do you think that will help?”.
To which Adam Bandt bluntly responded: “Migrants aren’t the cause of this crisis”.
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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.
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