News Article A few facts would be useful in the migration debate

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Interesting article clarifiying how population is defined:

 

"A few facts would be useful in the migration debate.

 

IF WE'RE going to have great debate about whether we want a Big Australia, people will need a much stronger grasp on the factors driving population growth and immigration than they've shown so far.

This is the rationale for a useful booklet, Population and Immigration: Understanding the Numbers, issued by the Productivity Commission this week....

 

..... But the government has recently more than halved its list of skilled occupations in short supply and tightened up on the overseas student category. Combine this with the high dollar and the troubles of Indian students in Melbourne and it seems likely the number of overseas students will now fall quite heavily.

 

It's a safe bet net migration won't grow nearly as fast in the next few years.