Why Will No-One Mention Immigration a Major Factor in Home Unaffordability? 14/11/2007
It's a simple mathematical fact that the more people competing for a property the higher the realised price will be.
In addition, there are people buying property in Australia who don't even live here.
A comparison of median house prices in Sydney reveals a residential property costs about six years wages as against two years wages 25 years ago.
When are they going to stop telling us lies about the virtues of immigration?
If immigration creates jobs why don't they send migrants to the countries with the highest unemployment?
If immigration creates jobs, why, with allegedly low unemployment now, are they now still clamouring for more migrants - to fill the jobs?
Even Paul "the recession-we-had--to-have" Keating said in his maiden speech that the natural increase in population was better than that caused by immigration. Unfortunately he changed his tune later.
One Nation says for economic, environmental, social, cultural and all other good reasons cut immigration because it only benefits big business and the real estate sharks.