Migrants will be needed in order to smooth the looming dramatic and uncomfortable changes in the age structure of our population. Net overseas migration of , per annum would give us 6. It would place Australia in a better position to support its aged population than any other country in the OECD.
Read more: Tasmania can't only rely on a growing population for an economic boost. It does put pressure on Sydney and Melbourne, but some of it can be relieved through diversion of population and investment to the satellites of these cities.
Read more: Migration is slowing Australia's rate of ageing, but not necessarily in the regions. This has already been happening in Victoria. The growth of Wollongong and Newcastle has been more sluggish but the NSW Premier has recently announced that NSW will be pursuing a strategy of better linkages between Sydney and its satellites. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. The family migration program enables Australians to sponsor parents and children living overseas, partners, and in some cases their remaining relatives.
Read more: New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages. One of the effects of our focus on skilled migration has been the increase of new migrants with no extended family in Australia.
Although skilled worker visas allow for partners and children to accompany them, there is no provision for extended family. This makes these migrants potentially more vulnerable and isolated, less committed to Australia and, some have suggested , less productive as workers. If they were allowed to enter Australia, these extended family members could offer emotional support and practical assistance to their loved ones working here, such as child care. Most temporary migrant workers, meanwhile, have no entitlement to be accompanied by any family at all.
Only some international students can have family accompany them as a support person while they study. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen. Only once in our history has net migration been a little more than , and that was just before the global financial crisis. I am not suggesting immigration had anything to do with that crisis, but net migration fluctuates with economic conditions, particularly the labour market. While the labour market is weak right now, there are predictions it will bounce back next year.
Oddly enough, I found increasing numbers was more difficult than cutting them. One of the challenges was that while the smaller states and regional Australia wanted more immigration, the NSW government insisted Sydney was full and any increase in the intake had to be directed away from Sydney.
Presumably, Perrottet does not have the same concerns. Credit: Nick Moir. Some of the more commonly used data sets and their limitations include:. This quick guide provides a summary of some of the key statistics on permanent and temporary migration to Australia. It updates some of the data in the statistical appendix of a more detailed Parliamentary Library paper on migration trends since — Migration to Australia since federation: a guide to the statistics Table 1: Permanent migrants—migration and humanitarian program visa grants since Table 2: Temporary migrants— overseas student and business long stay subclass visa grants since Prior to July figures are total overseas arrivals and departures from Australia.
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