It’s official: Sending ‘migrants to the bush’ has failed
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Study after study has shown that new migrants choose to reside in Australia’s major cities.
This was revealed in the Productivity Commission’s 2016 Migrant Intake into Australia report:
The 2023 Review of the Migration System also showed categorically that migrants refuse to live in regional areas:
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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.