Immigration

Nick Reece, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor and prominent promoter of mass immigration, believes he has the solution to the city’s housing crisis and failing economy: more migrants and international students.

The May federal budget forecast that Australia’s population would grow by 1.25% on average over the four-year forward estimates, with the nation projected to add 1.4 million residents in the four years to 2029: In the four years to 2028-29, Victoria’s population is projected to grow by 1.46% annually, adding 426,000.

The federal government launched a new skills visa in December, with the aim of attracting migrants who can make a significant contribution to the economy and fill roles where no Australian workers are available.

The latest data from the Department of Home Affairs shows a record 2,541,651 temporary visas on issue in Australia (excluding tourists) in Q1 2025.

Canadian analyst Ben Rabidoux posted the below graphic on Twitter (X), asking whether Canada should place a country cap on its permanent residency intake: The graphic shows that India has dominated Canada’s permanent residency intake, with around 560,000 admissions between 2020 and 2024.

I have often argued that the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) reported $51 billion of education exports is exaggerated and grossly overstates the benefits of international students to the Australian economy.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for the nation to take back its borders, saying the UK is becoming an “island of strangers” and that immigrants should learn to speak English.

Indian students and migration agents celebrated Labor’s federal election victory as a green light to immigration.

Let’s take a walk down memory lane. The date is 13 August 2019, six months before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Australia. Infrastructure Australia’s (IA) Australian Infrastructure Audit was released, warning that $40 billion a year of infrastructure investment is needed to catch up with Australia’s voracious population growth.

For decades, billionaire Meriton founder ‘Highrise’ Harry Triguboff has persuaded politicians to implement policies favourable to his financial interests, including mass immigration.

A 2022 survey by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace showed that Indian migrants overwhelmingly vote for Labor over the Coalition.

This century has seen a remarkable transformation of Australia. In the 60 years post-World War II, Australia’s net overseas migration averaged 90,000 per year. Australia had only recorded two calendar years with net overseas migration (NOM) exceeding 150,000.

Recently, three migration pacts have been signed by Australia that facilitate Indian migration, namely: The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), signed by the former Morrison Coalition government.

The first term of the Albanese government saw net overseas migration to Australia surge to a record high.

Over the past decade, the Liberal government in Canada has run the nation’s biggest immigration program in history, which culminated in a record 1.2 million net migrants arriving in the 2023-24 financial year.

The Department of Home Affairs has released temporary visa data for Q1 2025, showing a record 2,541,651 temporary visas on issue in Australia (excluding visitors).

Australia has some of the most generous post-study work rights for overseas students, as shown in the table below.

Proponents of mass immigration claim that it improves living standards by increasing productivity and ameliorating the aging of the population.

Professor Peter McDonald is Australia’s leading flip-flopper on immigration (for example, see here, here and here).

Elderly parent visas are Australia’s most costly and should be abolished.

Before it turned full-blown woke, The Australia Insititute (TAI) used to talk sense on immigration.