Labor Abandons Its ‘Big Australia’ for Reality

Commentary One thing migrants coming to a new country cannot bring with them is a house to live in and wider roads. And it seems the Australian Labor government is finally acknowledging this fact as it begins tightening the wing nuts on its very own immigration intake policy. Having initially heralded a “big Australia” concept and increasing, with substantial fanfare, the immigration intake just 15 months ago, the government’s then-rhetoric is being met with wording suggesting it has been mugged by reality. Who can forget the trumpeting of the increased intake announced 15 months ago when Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil told her fellow Australians that her policy was “a turning point in our history as momentous as the post-war ‘populate or perish’ programme that was the foundation of our post war reconstruction, nation building, and national security.”...