ANU propagandists spin more migration lies

Advertisement

The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the nation’s key purveyors of immigration propaganda.

Propagandists like “Dr Demography” Liz Allen are regular mouthpieces on the pro-Big Australia migration circuit, as are the ANU Migration Hub’s Peter McDonald and Alan Gamlen.

When Australia’s net overseas migration hit 530,000 in the year to December 2023, the ANU’s Alan Gamlen quickly swung into damage control, claiming that net overseas migration (NOM) was not a useful way to track migrant numbers:

The full text of this article is available to MacroBusiness subscribers

$1 for your first month, then:
Cancel at any time through our billing provider, Stripe
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.