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The “Stats Guy”, Simon Kuestenmacher, is a well-known immigration shill. For years, he has spread propaganda in support of Big Australia immigration.
Last year, Kuestenmacher claimed that Australia’s skills shortages would grow unless net overseas migration remained at a historically high level.
In February, Kuestenmacher stated that “Australia is running out of workers and increasingly faces an almost universal skills shortage”.
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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.