In the not too distant past the metric net long term and permanent arrivals was a pedestrian and almost boring indicator for most, used by the like’s of the federal government’s Centre For Population as a leading directional indicator for future migration flows and by extension population growth.
The image below is an excerpt from one of their reports, noting how it was a “Key measurement”.
Fast forward to 2025 and all of a sudden it became a source of explosive controversy.
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