Earlier this week, Alan Kohler penned an article at the ABC arguing that immigration was the key issue missing from the federal government’s productivity roundtable held last week in Canberra.
Kohler noted that “at least 800,000 more people came to live in Australia over the past four years than Treasury anticipated. That’s more than three extra Hobarts”.
“So, there are that many more cars on the road than expected, that many more people looking for health care, and hundreds of thousands more kids in schools than expected”.
