All indicators point to rising immigration

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the official population and net overseas migration (NOM) data for the June quarter of 2025 on Thursday.

Ahead of this release, the latest population indicators from the ABS are pointing to rising NOM.

On Friday, the ABS released monthly net permanent and long-term (NPLT) arrivals data for October, which the Centre for Population uses as a leading indicator of future NOM flows.

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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.