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Media Release
Released

14/09/2023

Beidar Cho, ABS head of demography, said: “13 months after international borders were re-opened, net overseas migration accounted for 81 per cent of growth and added 454,400 people to the population in the year to March 2023.”

Net overseas migration was driven by a large increase in arrivals (up 103 per cent from last year to 681,000) and only a small increase in overseas migrant departures (up 8.8 per cent to 226,600). This pattern, low departures in particular, is a catch-up effect after closed international borders, as international students return with only a small number departing because very few arrived during the pandemic. This effect is expected to be temporary as the number of departures will increase in the future as temporary students start departing in usual numbers.

Natural increase was 108,800 people, a decrease of 18.5 per cent from last year. There were 301,200 births and 192,300 deaths registered during this time, with deaths increasing 7.9 per cent and births decreasing 3.4 per cent. COVID-19 mortality was still a contributor to an increased number of deaths.

Western Australia is the fastest growing state (+2.8 per cent) followed by Victoria (+2.4 per cent) and Queensland (+2.3 per cent). The largest increase in total population was Victoria with 161,700 people, slightly more than New South Wales with 156,300 people.

Good. Thanks, Bobby. Now you're talking.

Just so. An average 2% to our population in the past two years to make up numbers lost during covid.

I'll vote for it. I saw what empty CBDs and uni campuses looked like in 2020. I've seen how impossible it is to find staff. I saw the exodus from my workplace and others.

Problem is, who to vote for? Every party supports getting the labour force back to pre-covid levels. Every last one.

Even One Nation. They support "zero net migration". That means maintaining the current population level. 

https://www.onenation.org.au/immigration

You've gotta have a dream, no?

Karnal wrote on Dec 13^th, 2023 at 9:22pm:



They are gunna bring in millions more too.   

Bobby. wrote on Dec 13^th, 2023 at 9:27pm:


Oh, I know. Before he passed, the old boy bred two.

You can't stop these people, no?

Still, it makes up for those we lose. Mistie and JC are off country-shopping, so it's even-Steven, no?

John Smith wrote on Dec 13^th, 2023 at 8:19pm:



Actually, do you know? I think I just twigged to Bobby's favourite covid video, Dan's Donuts, do you remember?

An immigrant speed freak complaining about monkeys going out to eat during lockdown. Yes, while the rest of us were in lockdown, the tinted races were out gorging themselves on donuts.

How very dare they. Now covid's over, we're supposed to be offended that the monkeys are still here.

Karnal wrote on Dec 13^th, 2023 at 9:35pm:

One migrant is not the same as another, paki.

A Chinese, Indian, Danish academic is not the same as a Sudanese, Pakistani, Chinese illegal goatherd/dim sum cook/trolley jockey - equal though they might be before the law.

Karnal wrote on Dec 13^th, 2023 at 9:48pm:



Homeless? - not me  - inshallah.
I just bought a place recently -
but I could have bought a better place if the prices hadn't risen so much.
I blame Albasneezy and his mass immigration program.
You?

As part of his federal election campaign, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made a pledge to create 1.3 million jobs. While the past has shown the Liberal party can achieve this target, many believe once these jobs are created, migrants will be relied upon to fill these positions. The international border closure of the last two years saw net overseas migration fall into negative figures so experts believe that in order to for the government to be able to fill these 1.3 million jobs, the skilled migration cap will need to be lifted. Mr Morrison is adamant that the skilled migration cap will remain at 160,000.