Letter

In response to Our politicians continue to fail us on immigration policy

Rizvi's crocodile immigration-tears

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/our-politicians-continue-to-fail-us-on-immigration-policy/

There goes Abul Rizvi again. Shucks, if only we had a “long term immigration plan”. But we do have a plan. Despite the propaganda from Abul and Tony Burke especially, Australia can and does manage visa flows and net-migration numbers to suit itself.

Canada and NZ have made recent and sharp immigration corrections, reaping the benefits in rental and housing affordability. Cruelly for voters, Australia deliberately went the wrong way. After 1.2 million net-migration over 2022-25, we’ve an astonishing near-50 per cent surge in house prices, plus all-time lows in rental affordability. Ouch.

In annual terms, even Senator Hanson’s 130,000 immigration kite (21 November release) is too high to really ease the pain. Before we even talk about the 80,000 of skilled primary applicants – or the net-zero that a fair share of voters would like.

— Stephen Saunders from O'Connor