The toll of pandemic border closures will substantially shrink the number of people in Australia by 2025-26, according to the Albanese government’s Population Statement 2023.
Net overseas migration will return to pre-pandemic levels this financial year after turning negative for the first time since World War II in a shift that will leave the population almost 500,000 people smaller than expected.
But the toll from pandemic border closures will shrink the population by 473,000 by 2025-26, according to the Albanese government’s Population Statement 2023, slated for release on Friday.James Brickwood “These pressures have compounded a decade of migration policy chaos and under-investment in skills and training by the Liberals and Nationals,” Dr Chalmers said, before adding that migration was not a panacea.“Australia’s migration settings need to be sustainable, serve Australia’s national interest, and not be a substitute for training and building the capacity of our domestic workforce,” he said.
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