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at 12:00 pm on March 2, 2021 | 12 comments
As expected, Australia’s business lobby and wealthy elite are growing more vocal demanding the federal government open Australia’s international border to migrants.
These groups like mass immigration for three main reasons:
It provides a bigger pool of available workers to recruit, thereby increasing competition in the labour market, lowering worker bargaining power, and holding down wage costs;
It expands Australia’s consumer base, providing businesses with more opportunities to sell their goods and services; and
It places upward pressure on land values and property prices, making the owners of capital richer.
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