Comment on Who is telling the truth?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks agoNone 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?
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.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
How do you think this is being misinterpreted?
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.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
NOM, as reported by the ABS, was 1500+ a day in 2023. In 2024 it was over 1200 a day. We’ve definitely had an increase this year, especially with stuffing electorates with labor-voting immigrants.
We don’t have NOM figures for this year, but we know that it is tightly aligned with OAD figures - and the 2 OAD figures are at an all time high for one, and the second highest on record for the other……so hmm do you think it’s possible that the NOM will be high?