>The Albanese Labor government has exceeded its migration forecast for the third year in a row, and immigrant arrivals for the year so far are at record-high levels.
>Official data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday showed there were 279,460 net permanent and long-term arrivals in the year to June 2025 (January 1 to June 30), higher than the previous record set last year.
>For the financial year there were 457,650 net permanent and long-term arrivals, about 8,000 fewer than the 2023-24 financial year’s record total of 469,140, and 122,560 (37%) higher than the government’s net overseas migration forecast of 335,000.
>Despite repeatedly revising its migration forecasts Labor has surpassed its targets every year since forming government in 2022 – underestimating actual net overseas migration by 351,383 over the three-year period, research by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) shows.
>Long-term arrivals are defined as overseas visitors who intend to stay in Australia for more than 12 months, but not permanently.
>“Excessive migration has pummelled Australia’s economic productivity, which led to an extended period of negative per capita economic growth. It is also exacerbating a housing crisis that is being experienced by Australians and new migrants alike,” Mr Wild said.
>“Over the last 25 years, Australia’s population growth has exceeded the population growth of comparable Anglophone nations, namely: New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
>“Net overseas migration has contributed to about 80% of Australia’s overall population growth since the end of the pandemic, dwarfing the share of natural population increase. This is unsustainable.”
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