Last week, shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie resigned from the Coalition’s frontbench following frustration that he would have no input into the party’s immigration policy.
Hastie argues that “uncontrolled migration” has been a major contributor to the decline in housing affordability in Australia, alongside infrastructure congestion and other issues.
However, shadow housing and productivity minister Andrew Bragg hit back over the weekend, arguing that the collapse in housing supply, rather than excessive immigration, has been the major driver of the nation’s housing crisis.
