Re: Sir Donald Bradman Drv / Marion Rd Upgrade
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:32 pm
mattblack wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:08 pmYou do know that migation has been falling for a number of years don't you, actually, year on year since 2009 across both political persuasions from a high of 11.4% to now 5.1%rev wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:10 amSo they want to cut back on infrastructure? Infrastructure that's badly needed yesterday? But they wont cut back migration which will create an even worse situation.
We don't have enough housing. We don't have employment to sustain that growth. We can't keep up with infrastructure requirements.
Australia doesn't need hundreds of thousands of new residents every year.
This Labor government is a clown show.
Chart and table of the Australia net migration rate from 1950 to 2023.
The current net migration rate for Australia in 2023 is 5.173 per 1000 population, a 4.54% decline from 2022.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2022 was 5.419 per 1000 population, a 4.34% decline from 2021.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2021 was 5.665 per 1000 population, a 4.16% decline from 2020.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2020 was 5.911 per 1000 population, a 4% decline from 2019.
Although still quite high by world standards
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/A ... rom%202019
Ah... the old percentage per head of population argument. Its irrelevant when over 2 years, Australia will have welcomed over 700000 new residents, into a situation where there is no available housing and already groaning inadequate infrastructure due to an underspend on infrastructure to keep pace with the previously high immigration numbers. A unsustainable circle. Cue some university study saying we need even higher immigration to catch up with the backlog. Some call immigration an unsustainable Ponzi scheme, whereby the overall economy grows, but everyones slice of the pie diminishes, until the bubble pops.