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The past month has seen a procession of opinion polls proving that Australians reject excessively high immigration levels.
Polling by Macquarie University’s Housing and Urban Research Centre showed that two-thirds (66%) of respondents believe that Australia should reduce the rate of immigration to address the housing crisis:
Resolve Political Monitor’s polling of 1,800 Aussies from across the political spectrum on October 7 and 12 showed that 58% supported a “significant reduction” in migration levels, outnumbering those opposing immigration cuts 4-to-1:
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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.