This just seems like a thinly veiled attack on immigration honestly. I’d way rather see reforms on absentee foreign ownership of residential property, on Australian owners with more than one property leaving any vacant, and on negative gearing.
There were also 300k babies born in 2022, didn’t hear you say people should stop having kids.
Gosh, we can’t say a word about immigration around here. FAKE NEWS! Right? Because it’s a GOP talking point, we’ll pretend nothing is happening.
The reality is that loads of people are coming to the US, legally and illegally.
From the CBO:
From the Border Patrol:
This is an Australian community, discussing an Australian issue. Please don’t bring America’s shit show here.
Fascinating take on Mongolian basket weaving! Though I’m not sure how it relates to the price of tea in China…
You a bot?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Get fucked Karen. Not every complaint about immigration is racism…
BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Yeah, replying “Get fucked” to a response that brings up a lot of good counter-arguments to your original point will certainly make you look like you were bringing up immigration in good-faith.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Actually you sound more like a Karen. Care to explain how your comment is any different from a “Fuck Off We’re Full!” sticker?
As @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone stated, immigration is not the only factor driving population growth and the housing crisis. Instead of attempting to lower demand, shouldn’t we be rapidly increasing supply?
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I’m not sure where in my comment you think I called you racist mate. A huge chunk of our immigration is from New Zealand & the UK anyway. Do the math, our population would be shrinking without it.
Like other people have said, why not focus on supply instead? We should implement an aggressive property rates regime on unoccupied homes. The National Rental Affordability Scheme is coming to an end in 2 years time, but it could be re-funded with that money. As well as fast-tracking social housing projects.
An outright ban on absentee foreign ownership of residential property would also probably help supply a lot. It’s ridiculous that someone who doesn’t have a right to live in Australia, can still own a home here.