South Australian premier demands migrant slaves to “wipe bums”

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South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas let the veil slip last week, claiming in a talk to CEDA that Australia needs high inflows of migrants from poor developing nations to wipe elderly Australians’ bums:

“My message to One Nation voters is: who’s going to feed you and bathe you and wipe your bum when you’re 90, right? Because it ain’t going to be your kids”, Malinauskas said.

When quizzed about whether he regretted his comments later in the week, Malinauskas stated emphatically, “Not one iota, right? Not one iota”.

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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.