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OMG immigration is down

OMG immigration is down: what are the long term consequences? I'm glad that I visited Norway. It is a seriously rich country. But Australia is heading towards being as rich as Norway. Nobody talks about a "big Norway". They would just look at you as if you had lost your mind. But Norway is a good international citizen, and makes many positive contributions to the future of the planet. Is it a bad thing to be a rich country? No. But it quite confronting to compare Australia with Norway as an international participant. More Australians won't help the environment. Australians are the worst environmental vandals on the planet, by a fair margin. But if this was done in a sustainable way? Sure. But you are not going to give the worst offenders another chance. Some Australian economic activity relies on immigration. Yes. It does. But it was very clear at the last election that the country as a whole has had enough of simply taking more people without providing decent infrast