Australia needs hundreds of thousands of new homes, but it can’t build them without more migrant workers. It’s a problem ripe for politics.
The next regular federal election must be held by May 24, 2025, so we are – at most – 18 months away from a campaign. And if you were to predict today where the Coalition is going to pick a fight with Labor, you would have to put immigration near the top of the list.
You don’t need to look far through the journals where conservative ideas percolate to get a feel for the arguments. The right-wingmagazine carried an article this week by Jordan Knight, “the founder of Migration Watch Australia”, who indulged the dog whistle of “white flight” while saying conservatives were failing miserably on migration.
There is actually a fair amount of substance to Victoria’s plan, such as ditching permits for single dwellings or cutting the approval time to 10 days, putting the minister in charge of approving medium-density projects, an Airbnb levy, and residential conversions of CBD office buildings.Premier Chris Minns spent the week dialling up his rhetoric against NIMBYs
“That’s true,” Minns replied. “But we’ve got to deal with the reality that’s presented to us. There’s not enough tradies in the construction sector to build the completions that we need in NSW.” The federal government will soon release its response to a review of the migration system led by former public service chief Martin Parkinson. The government will reportedly move to fast-track visa processes for skilled workers attracting salaries over about $120,000 a year, but it may exclude tradies amid pressure from unions.
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