Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
- Would slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standards?
- Labor and an ascendant One Nation have presented starkly different visions of what a migration program in the national interest looks like.
- Pauline Hanson, the populist party’s leader, last month announced a plan to cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia by more than 750,000 over three years by targeting international students and family members of skilled migrants.
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- Would slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standards?
- Labor and an ascendant One Nation have presented starkly different visions of what a migration program in the national interest looks like.
- Pauline Hanson, the populist party’s leader, last month announced a plan to cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia by more than 750,000 over three years by targeting international students and family members of skilled migrants.
Sources: Guardian