Big Australia or Slash Immigration Debate

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has recently called for slashing immigration to deal with Australia’s housing and infrastructure challenges. As a result, he has sparked a debate that goes beyond ideology.

Meanwhile, opinion polls indicate growing opposition to high levels of migration that have helped shape public policy in recent decades.
Has Australia’s long economic expansion been dependent on immigration? Take out population growth, would our miracle economy have gone into recession? Is a Big Australia feasible these days?

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