ANALYSIS: Politicians Up the Stakes on Cutting Migration

Analysis A bidding war is sounding out in the offices of politicians across the nation, but it’s not the highest bidder who seems most likely to take the prize of public approval. Amid a bleak and worrisome shortage of housing, expensive groceries and soaring bills, the current Australian political climate is abuzz with what to do about migration. Australia appears to have taken on more new people than it can sustain. Cumberland City Councillor Steve Christou has joined a growing chorus of politicians who are suggesting migrant numbers into the nation go lower- and lower. On May 14, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced Labor was going to cut back on migration, following a record intake of 528,000 migrants from 2022-23....