If the Australian public wants low migration why does it get high migration? The Australian public wants low migration but gets high migration. I used to think that migration levels are a response to challenges like an ageing population, skills shortages and commercial opportunities such as education exports and a construction boom. There are elements of truth to this. However,…
One of the most common pieces of misinformation you will come across is that the pandemic disproved the link between migration and house prices. This is a nonsense claim. House prices are a function of supply and demand and any drop in demand will out downward pressure on house prices. What happened in the pandemic was that other factors offset…