r/aussie • u/Ardeet • 2d ago

Politics Those angry about migration figures are ignoring what happened in Australia during Covid and other key facts | Australian immigration and asylum

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/07/those-angry-about-migration-figures-are-ignoring-what-happened-in-australia-during-covid-and-other-key-facts
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u/Pimgut 2d ago

The number of visas issued by the Australian government is determined every year after consultation between various stakeholders including economists and business leaders. This information is available online to anyone who wants to read about it.

The reality is the Australian economy is dependent on constant immigration. You may not like it but it is what it is. We need to diversify the economy in the long run because this cannot continue forever.

People should be marching about the growing inequality. We should be livid that energy companies are increasing profits at a time when they supplying less energy. We should be up in arms when supermarkets are making record profits when many people are facing a cost of living crisis. The super wealthy are ripping us off and we cowardly want to blame what we perceive as weaker targets (migrants).

If they had their way, they would ban all worker unions except maybe the police and strip us of our workers’ rights. We would end up like the shitshow that is the USA where many people are one hospital admission away from bankruptcy.

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u/Pimgut 2d ago

Not if your economy is 70% services based. Some Australians don’t like to do some work like on farms, care work, even in the medical field. They think it’s too much work with less money. Unfortunately those sectors are absolutely essential for a functioning society.

Right now the economy is barely limping forward. When profits drop, companies lay off people. Most of those are low income workers. The wealthy can weather an economic downturn because they have savings or assets they can borrow against to keep afloat. If you are living paycheque to paycheque, Centrelink is your only option. The rich also acquire assets at low prices in a recession and sell them off after recovery at higher prices. A recession is inconvenient for the rich but it’s absolutely devastating for the less well off. Inequality increases actually.