Albo does have an immigration plan, and it is horrifying

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Good on David Pocok for taking it on, but he’s talking nonsense.

Independent ACT senator David Pocock said on Monday the pressure on the environment and infrastructure motivated many marchers on the weekend, who felt there was “no plan” underpinning the migrant intake.

Albo has a very clear plan. It’s just that it sucks for everybody except the 1% and Labor.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.