Immigration numbers aren’t pulled out of a hat. There are a lot of factors like skill shortages, demographics etc taken into account. We could reduce numbers but we would need to do it carefully and plan for the consequences.
One Nation’s concern about immigration is entirely a dog whistle for racial intolerance.
For shits and giggles the govt should announce a return of White Australia policy and doubling the intake and watch ON implode. Of course bringing out 10 bob poms to work in factories is fucking hopeless now we have shut them all down. What are they going to come here for? The skin cancer?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What they’re really saying is that corporations rely of wage suppression to maximise profits, and the housing and banking sectors rely on decreasing the number of dwellings per capita to accelerate the housing crisis.
If the government actually gave a shit the rate of immigration would be dependent on investment in housing, services, and infra otherwise all they’re doing is driving up the cost of living and reducing quality of life for the existing population.
This bullshit is expected from neoliberal corporate whores.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is one of Angus Taylors policies. It’s still inaccurate though, because if they really gave a shit they’d just build houses enmass. The amount that goes on building housing - even under the housing Australia future fund, is fairly small compared to say, the military budget for a war we’re not in.