The Only Explanation: Setting Us Up for Invasion! By James Reed

I will look at three important articles at the mighty Macrobusiness.com.au. The first article, "Treasury Pumps Immigration. Ignores the Consequences," by Leith van Onselen,

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/03/treasury-pumps-immigration-ignores-the-consequences/

skewers the Australian Treasury for its relentless push for mass immigration. It argues that Treasury's obsession is driven by two narrow KPIs: bolstering the federal budget and inflating aggregate GDP. Van Onselen contends that this myopic focus ignores the strain on state budgets, household finances, and broader liveability—like housing shortages and environmental degradation. The piece paints the Treasury as a cold-blooded machine, happily pocketing the fiscal wins while dumping the social and economic wreckage on everyone else. It's a classic privatise-the-gains, socialise-the-losses setup, with immigration as the golden goose that keeps the federal books looking rosy. That's why they don't want to cut immigration.

Next up, "Australian Population Growth Reaccelerates," also by van Onselen,

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/03/australian-population-growth-reaccelerates/

dives into the raw numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). In 2024, net migration hit 446,504—down a whisker from 2023's record 449,813—but still sky-high compared to pre-pandemic levels. Population growth clocked in at 536,688 for the year, a 2.0 percent rate, fuelled by this immigration surge. The article ties this to a tightening rental market, with vacancy rates dropping as the influx overwhelms housing supply. It's a dry, data-heavy look at how Treasury's immigration fetish is playing out on the ground, turning Australia into a pressure cooker of population stress while infrastructure lags behind.

Finally, "Albo to Protect Ukraine as China Nukes Perth," by David Llewellyn-Smith,

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/03/albo-to-protect-ukraine-as-china-nukes-perth/

takes a wilder swing, giving me my title theme. It mocks Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's openness to sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, while Chinese warships—armed with nuclear-capable missiles—prowl 314 kilometers off Perth. Llewellyn-Smith questions the sanity of flexing military muscle halfway across the globe when Australia's own backyard is buzzing with threats. He sarcastically imagines China nuking Perth, enslaving locals to run the mines, and sending BHP and Rio Tinto stocks soaring. The piece slams Albanese's Labor government (ALP) for posturing tough for domestic voters while staying meek toward Beijing, suggesting a military so depleted it couldn't fend off a real foe. It's a biting diatribe that ties global grandstanding to domestic vulnerability.

Now, let's run with these threads and weave a dark tapestry: the Australian government isn't just bumbling—it's practically rolling out the red carpet for a Chinese invasion down the line. These articles, in their own ways, expose a nation being fattened up for the slaughter, its defenses gutted, and its leaders too distracted or spineless to see the trap.

Start with Treasury's immigration binge. Flooding the country with half a million newcomers a year doesn't just juice GDP—it creates a sprawling, overstretched mess of a nation. Housing's a nightmare, rents are through the roof, and infrastructure's creaking like a rusty bridge. Van Onselen's right: Treasury doesn't care about per-capita wealth or liveability—it's all about the big number. But here's the kicker: this chaos makes Australia a softer target. A population boom without the bones to support it—roads, hospitals, power grids—means any invader, say China, could waltz in and find a society already on its knees. Overcrowded cities, strained resources, and a dispossessed populace aren't exactly a recipe for a united front against an enemy. Treasury's pumping the numbers, sure, but it's also pumping up Australia's vulnerability to a hostile power looking to exploit weakness.

Then there's the population growth piece. That 2.0 percent spike in 2024 isn't just a stat—it's a signal. Australia's swelling fast, but it's not building fast enough. The rental crunch van Onselen flags is a microcosm of a bigger rot: a country too busy absorbing migrants to fortify itself. China's not blind—its strategists see a nation stretching its seams, its urban centres clogged and its rural expanses under-resourced. A future invasion doesn't need tanks rolling down the Hume Highway—just a calculated strike on key choke points like ports or energy hubs, already teetering from population overload. The government's letting this happen, chasing growth while leaving the back door ajar for anyone with a map and a missile.

And Llewellyn-Smith's Perth-nuking fantasy? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds when you peel back the sarcasm. Chinese warships loitering 20 minutes from Perth aren't there for a sightseeing tour—they're flexing, testing, probing. Meanwhile, Albanese's daydreaming about Ukraine, tossing around peacekeeping ideas like Australia's some global superhero, when the real threat's steaming off the coast. The military's stretched thin, years of underfunding and now this half-baked pivot to NATO's sandbox leave it no match for a serious Pacific showdown. If China's eyeing Taiwan, as everyone from the Lowy Institute to ASPI warns, Australia's a juicy staging ground—or a juicy target. Albanese's playing tough abroad to mask weakness at home, and Beijing's taking notes.

Put it together, and it's a slow-motion setup for disaster. Treasury's immigration obsession bloats the population, sapping resilience. The government's failure to match growth with muscle—be it housing or warships—leaves gaping holes. And the ALP's dithering, torn between NATO photo ops and not ruffling Daddy Beijing, signals a nation too timid to arm itself properly. China doesn't need to invade tomorrow; it just needs to wait. A decade of this, and Australia's a ripe fruit—overpopulated, under-defended, and led by clowns who'd rather salute Kyiv than secure Darwin.

The articles scream incompetence, but the subtext is darker: this isn't just neglect—it's a blueprint for surrender, handed to Xi Jinping on a silver platter. Wake up, Australia, or you'll be speaking Mandarin by 2035, or much sooner!