Australia has had steady net immigration for quite some time .. that fell in a hole during the pandemic and right now the net intake is much higher than it has ever been - it's the normal intake PLUS the backlog of everybody who didn;t come during lock down.
Australia has always coped with a steady level of intake, right now it's creaking under a much higher level than normal.
The sentiment is that right now things are tough and current immigration adds to current pressures.
See Graph 1.1: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/overseas...
Australia has had steady net immigration for quite some time .. that fell in a hole during the pandemic and right now the net intake is much higher than it has ever been - it's the normal intake PLUS the backlog of everybody who didn;t come during lock down.
Australia has always coped with a steady level of intake, right now it's creaking under a much higher level than normal.