The Migration Con Gets Another Leg Up!

Housing affordability, whether for those seeking to rent or to purchase, is at peak stupidity, driven directly by Government policy. Leading the charge (yes we can of course talk about first time buyer bribes, blocked approvals and developer taxes) is migration. High migration leads to more demand for property, period. The recent March for Australia is a signal of rising concerns from ordinary Australians and opposition backbencher Andrew Hastie has said that Australians feel like “strangers” in their own home. Treasury had forecast net migration of 260,000 this financial year, down from the projected 335,000 for last year. But it […]