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Mass Migration Is the Drug Australia Uses to Avoid Economic Reform

Australia has learned to keep the economy growing by adding people. The harder task is making the country more productive.

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Sep 07, 2026
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Australia has found an unusually effective way to avoid fixing its economy.

Whenever growth weakens, productivity stalls, the population ages or businesses complain about labour shortages, we add more…

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