Lifting migration was easy – now Australia faces two tougher choices on migrant income and residency
- Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
The federal government’s decision to lift Australia’s permanent migrant intake from 160,000 to 195,000 this financial year, which it announced at the jobs summit, has been applauded by business leaders and premiers.
But by itself, lifting migration will do little to fill widespread skills shortages, partly because three in every four...
