There's an old political trick that goes something like this: when the facts are against you, suppress them. And when that fails, attack those who speak up. Welcome to the Albanese Government's immigration policy.
You see, Australia isn't being steadily and responsibly grown through considered migration. We're being swamped. And now, the truth is so explosive that even the Bureau of Statistics has been roped in to keep a lid on things.
In a bizarre twist that would be funny if it weren't so destructive, the ABS has begun emailing economists and journalists demanding they stop using their own data to highlight the unprecedented surge in migration numbers.
Why? Because the numbers are political dynamite.
Over 446,000 people arrived in the 2023/24 financial year on a net basis. That's the size of Canberra. In a single year. And it's pushing housing, infrastructure, and social cohesion to the brink.
It's less sensible migration policy and more population shock therapy.
The facts speak for themselves. The median price of a home in Australia now sits at $915,000. Rents are up nearly 38% since the pandemic. Grocery prices have soared. Public hospitals and GP clinics are bursting. Schools are overcrowded.
And yet the Albanese Government wants more. More arrivals. More demand. More pressure.
Meanwhile, Australians are told to just tighten their belts and stop complaining. If you dare question the wisdom of importing hundreds of thousands of people while your kids can't buy a home, you're called a racist.
Well, here's a newsflash: loving your country isn't racism. Wanting your children to have a decent future isn't bigotry.
Back in 1993, Australia's net overseas migration was just 49,700 people for the year. It was sustainable. People integrated. Services coped.
Today, we are bringing in almost ten times that number. As I said, net overseas migration hit 446,000 last financial year. And even that number is being massaged.
Economists like Leith van Onselen and commentators like Daniel Wild have been using monthly data published by the ABS to sound the alarm. And now, they're being leaned on to retract.
The ABS, once a bastion of independence, is being politicised. That's the real scandal here. This isn't about statistics. It's about narrative control.
Let's be blunt: the only reason politicians allow this madness is because our economy has become dependent on it. Universities need foreign students to stay afloat. Developers need buyers to fuel housing demand. Big business needs cheap labour.
Meanwhile, working Australians are treated as collateral damage in this great Ponzi scheme of population growth.
If immigration were truly a solution to our ageing population or low fertility rates, we would have seen improvements by now.
Instead, fertility rates have fallen to 1.49 babies per woman, a record low. Young Australians can't afford homes, can't raise families, and can barely keep up. It's a fertility crisis driven by economic precarity, not biology.
And no amount of imported students or temporary workers is going to reverse that trend. It will only entrench it.
Beyond the dollars and percentages lies something even more precious: national identity. One in three Australians was born overseas. That figure is climbing. Our cities no longer reflect the values and heritage of those who built this country.
And if you think pointing that out is xenophobic, then congratulations: you've been indoctrinated by the same elite class that wants to keep the borders open, the wages low, and the citizens silent.
Victoria, the state with the highest migration intake, also leads the nation in crime rates. Over 600,000 offences were recorded last year. That's 201 arrests a day. Many are youth-related. Ongoing machete brawls in Melbourne, leading to bans on the knives and the installation of "machete bins," are but a symptom.
The question is, how many more symptoms must we endure before we diagnose the disease?
Thought for the Day
"A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation."
– Ronald Reagan
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