Australia’s immigration is not ‘out of control’ – it’s trending lower and has been for over a year

Treasury officials assume net migration to Australia will slow to 335,100 in the year to June

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The latest population numbers are out and they debunk recent claims by right-wing media and thinktanks that immigration is at “record” levels and “out of control”.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that net overseas migration, or Nom as it’s known, was just shy of 316,000 in the year to March.

Source: Guardian - World News