greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 1
st, 2026 at 2:16pm:
Frank wrote on Jan 1
st, 2026 at 12:37pm:
Mass uncontrolled immigration? We never asked for it, never voted for it, we don’t want it
We don't have it.
“ABS data confirms the federal government has again broken its promise to rein in its out-of-control migration program. Net overseas migration is more than 50,000 above budget forecast and is making Australians poorer,” said Dr Kevin You, economist and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ National, State and Territory Population data for the June 2024 quarter, released today, shows Australia’s migration intake remains out-of-control and well above federal budget forecasts; (tables below)
In the 2024 financial year, net migration reached 445,700, which is the second highest year on record, behind the 2023 financial year.
The net overseas migrant intake for the 2024 financial year was 13 per cent more than the federal government’s budget target of 395,000.
The data also reveals that net overseas migration still accounts for more than 80 per cent of Australia’s population growth.
“The current federal government has repeatedly promised to cut migration levels but has failed to do so for its entire period in office. Not one year has its migration budget forecast been met,” said Dr You.
“For the last two years, Australia has taken in record numbers of people, none of which has been planned for, and it has fuelled a perfect storm of high inflation, declining household incomes, and ever-higher house prices and rents.”
The government target of 395k is way out of control already, never mind exceeding it.
Forum
Pages: 
