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Listen to the Voters on Immigration

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Salvatore Babones and John Anderson
May 15, 2026
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Immigration is out of control in Australia, and the government’s budget just confirmed it. The government admitted this week that net overseas migration this financial year will exceed planning estimates by 35,000 people, or 13.5%.

Those estimates, by the way, were confirmed just four months ago.

When immigration gets out of control in America, it’s due to mismanagement at the southern border. When problems arise in Britain, it’s down to a wave of boat arrivals from continental Europe.

How does an island continent with essentially zero illegal immigration manage to get things so wrong?

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Salvatore Babones
Salvatore Babones is an associate professor at the University of Sydney. He is the author or editor of fourteen books. He writes extensively on public policy issues, and is a widely-cited commentator on Australian higher education.
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