Migrants aren't causing inflation
Inflation is caused by fiscal and monetary policy, not by migrants or other supply shocks, which can only temporarily affect measured inflation by altering relative prices in the economy.
Australia's demographic dilemma
Australia's migration slowdown will ease housing issues but exacerbate its ageing population and fiscal problems, requiring unpopular entitlement reform and improved fertility rates to sustainably fund old-age benefits.
Cutting migration won't solve the housing crisis
Peter Dutton claims cutting migration will free up over 100,000 homes and fix Australia's housing crisis. But his numbers don't add up and the impact will likely be minimal. Dutton's playing to anti-migration sentiment rather than addressing the real policy drivers behind unaffordable housing.
Migration fearmongering helps no one
The numbers are in: in 2022-23, Australia’s population grew by 624,100 people, or around 2.4%. That’s
How not to do migration
Australia has a long and successful history of immigration. Migrants contribute economically, help fill labour shortages, improve the country’s
Don’t blame immigrants for the housing mess
Whether immigrants fuel inflation is a complicated question, in part because there’s no single, uniform “immigrant”. Immigrants can be
Numbers tell the story
According to this tweet (usual caveats apply), a new Deutsche Bank report implied that Australia’s housing crisis is about
