connaust Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 From Bernard Salt of KPMG, Australia’s preeminent demographer: THE time has come to set out the facts with regard to the issue of demographic gearing .This is the notion that from 2011 onwards more baby boomers will exit than Generation Ys will enter the workforce, thereby depleting the rate of growth in the Australian tax base. This is the primary and compelling argument behind the recent push for elevated levels of migration. Versus scare stories in media about population growth, environment, boat people, cultural issues, terrorists, moslems, English ability, employment etc. etc. pushed by a counterpart of Salt's called, Dr. Bob Birrell, who had been (maybe still is) an advisor to DIAC..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Hi Andrew Thanks for the article above. I have moved your thread into Migration Issues to balance the information on Jamie Smith's thread in the sticky section of Migration Issues. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlino Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I doubt the man in the street would get this. It's simply too easy to blame the aliens for stealing their rice bowls. Forgive my pessimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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