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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  None of them are fixed by closing the border, and that’s not what anyone is suggesting. By closing the border you stop the problem from getting worse and worse. This allows you to start addressing the problems much easier. It’s like plugging the hole in a sinking boat before grabbing the bucket versus just trying to empty it with a bucket while the hole is still there.

  If we keep bringing in more people, the housing availability crisis keeps getting worse since there are more people looking for houses - to the tune of 1500 a day.

  Do you understand? Do you disagree?

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  • Squiddork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sheesh here we go with the 1500 a day thing again, people like you ought to be banned from (mis)interpreting OAD and NOM datasets released by the ABS.

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Net overseas migration Net overseas migration is the net gain or loss of population through international migration to and from Australia.

      In the year ending 30 June 2024, overseas migration contributed a net gain of 446,000 people to Australia’s population. This was a decrease from the record 536,000 people the previous year.

      How do you think this is being misinterpreted?

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      • Squiddork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        First of all because the trend is downwards by about 90 thou, secondly because Net overseas migration was negative during COVID, so these large figures are a stastical anomaly in response to that.

        People who claim the rate is the same now are using OAD data which includes same individuals taking multiple flights in/out of the country therefore it cannot be used to quantify NOM.

        Lastly your perspective is that immigration is a net drain on our society, but in reality we would experience severe economic downturn by implementing isolation policies that cull immigration since we’re a developed nation on a fucking island.

        If you want someone to whinge at for housing affordability blame Howard for negative gearing and CGT concessions. Billions of dollars are pilfered out of the country by big corporations every year without a cent paid on tax, this money gets put into private funds that invest into our housing, artificially inflating its value by a system he helped create. I know this because I used to work in this system.

        You are being robbed blind by these people and they’re telling you to blame immigration for it. Wake up this country needs a fucking shake up.

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