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Immigration lies have spread like wildfire among federal Labor MPs.
Federal Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh is the chief liar. On three separate occasions over the past six months, Leigh has erroneously claimed that the Albanese government has reduced net overseas migration by 40% from its peak under the former Coalition government.
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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.
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