Leith van Onselen, writing at Marcobusiness.com.au, a leading site for the critique of the government's immigration and economic policies, something the mainstream media should be doing if they were no so pitifully Left and pro-Labor, wades in on Labor's cost of living "fairy tales." I would rather call it for what it is, lies. Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, published on Twitter (X):
"No matter where in Australia you are, the Albanese Government's first, second, and third priority is doing all we can to help all Australians manage the cost of living." As Van Onselen shows, the Home Affairs Minister is a supporter of the present mass immigration program, which has led to an accommodation and housing crisis, throwing Aussie families onto the street, and has created tent cities, just like in the Great Depression.
As I see it, this is evidence of the emergence of the Australian corporate fascist state, since the Big Australia lobby has been behind Labor's mass immigration program. The idea has been for catch-up in profits from the immigration restrictions under Covid, perhaps the only good thing to come from the lockdowns. But, Labor, as an obedient servant to the corporate elites, has gone overboard with immigration. They expect to not only get a pat on their pointy heads, but lots of electoral funding too, no doubt.
The Labor Party, like the Greens, needs to be destroyed at the next election, and hopefully crippled for a decade. We must welcome the rise of One Nation and the independents.
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/03/labor-spins-cost-of-living-fairy-tales/
"Take a look at the below spin from Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, published Wednesday on Twitter (X):
"No matter where in Australia you are, the Albanese Government's first, second, and third priority is doing all we can to help all Australians manage the cost of living", O'Neil says.
Try telling that to Australia's growing army of renters who are being plunged deep into financial stress, forced to live in group housing, or thrown onto the streets by Labor's reckless extreme immigration.
Australia's population grew by a record 680,000 people in 2023 on the the back of unprecedented net overseas migration:
This unprecedented immigration deluge has sent rental vacancy rates crashing:
It has also sent rents into the stratosphere:
This surge in immigration was planned by O'Neil and Labor, which held the Jobs & Skills Summit in 2022 with the express purpose of ramping immigration.
"One of the truly exciting things about migration is that there really is so much consensus", O'Neil said during the Summit.
"Our government's intent is to capture it, and take it forward".
"Immigration is one the biggest levers we have to drive our country forward, and it is fast, and it is powerful".
"So I want Australia to pull it", O'Neil said.
And pull it, Labor did. They quickly increased the permanent migrant intake by 35,000, opened up more temporary visa pathways, spent $42 million to hire 400 staff to rubber stamp visas, and signed migration pacts with India to boost inflows.
In December 2022, O'Neil lamented to the National Press Club that the migration system "had defaulted to bringing in high numbers of temporary, low-skilled workers, who churned through the labour market".
Only to ramp temporary migration to record levels:
When net overseas migration began breaking records a year ago, O'Neil argued it was a sign of success, claiming the record projected immigration "is a welcome indicator of the ongoing recovery from the pandemic and a reminder of the critical role migration plays in our economy, but also shows that we still have a long way to go to fill the gap in our workforce left by the pandemic".
Meanwhile, tent cities are mushrooming around Australia because Labor is importing more renters into Australia than there are homes.
I could move onto Labor's disastrous energy policy, which has driven up gas and electricity prices, but I'll leave that to another day.
With friends like Labor, Australia's working class sure doesn't need enemies.