Shane Wright is always wrong on immigration

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This week, two polls were released showing that Australians overwhelmingly want significantly lower immigration.

First, Resolve Political Monitor released polling of 1,800 Aussies from across the political spectrum on October 7 and 12. The group was told Australia’s current migration policies allow 316,000 people into the country and 185,000 to permanently settle in the country every year.

They were then asked if they “support or oppose a significant reduction in Australia’s immigration numbers?”.

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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.