Migration

The Albanese government’s Nauru deal is certainly expensive but it may still be worth the premium.

Australia’s migration challenge isn’t numbers alone—it’s whether the government fixes housing, policing, and infrastructure before populists seize the agenda.

It’s a law, for goodness sake! Housing affordability requires addressing both supply and demand, not dismissing basic economic principles that explain how markets clear.

Ken Henry’s answer to that question actually explains a lot.

Australia should prioritise skilled migrants by using prices and incentives instead of queues and quotas.