I’ve long argued that water is the ‘elephant in the room’ of the immigration debate, something policymakers and pro-Big Australia supporters never acknowledge.
A series of reports has warned that Australia faces chronic water shortages and rising water bills as its population grows by millions due to persistently high immigration volumes.

For example, a 2021 report by the Productivity Commission (PC) warned that the projected 11 million increase in the populations of Australia’s cities “present significant risks to the security of Australia’s water resources”.
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