Update: Someone please explain the downvotes when this is quite literally the root cause of the issue and has been admitted by the Government publicly.
The current net migration rate for Australia in 2024 is 5.155 per 1000 population, a 0.35% decline from 2023.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2023 was 5.173 per 1000 population, a 4.54% decline from 2022.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2022 was 5.419 per 1000 population, a 4.34% decline from 2021.
The net migration rate for Australia in 2021 was 5.665 per 1000 population, a 4.16% decline from 2020.
How refreshing of the investment-property-holding legislature to scapegoat immigrants for once!
Try: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/overseas...
and pay heed to Graph 1.1.
Net migration into Australia is now double a decade long prior trend.
Australia has had steady net immigration for quite some time .. that fell in a hole during the pandemic and right now the net intake is much higher than it has ever been - it's the normal intake PLUS the backlog of everybody who didn't come during lock down.
Australia has always coped with a steady level of intake, some 25% of Australian citizens were born overseas, it's not a fear of immigrants that's causing complaint, it's the very recent sudden rise in numbers well over the usual normal.
I have nothing against immigration per-se, just the recent volume of it.