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Record January migration intake (ipa.org.au)
submitted 1 day ago by FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au to c/australia@aussie.zone
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“Records continue to be smashed with this government’s promise to cut migration in absolute tatters, as half a million would-be migrants arrived on a net basis over the twelve months to January – the highest in recorded history,” said Dr Kevin You, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.

Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics updated its Overseas Arrivals and Departures database, with the reference period January 2026. IPA analysis of the data shows:

  • Net permanent and long-term arrivals (i.e., people who have arrived in Australia with a declared intention to stay in the country for 12 months or longer) in January 2026 were 57,270, the highest January net arrivals on record.
  • Net permanent and long-term arrivals totalled 494,540 in the twelve months to January 2026, the highest in recorded history.
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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

This article claims to cite the ABS, but the ABS has a very different story: https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/annual-net-overseas-migration-falls-second-year-row

Overseas migration added 306,000 people to Australia's population in the 2024-25 financial year, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Jenny Dobak, ABS head of migration statistics, said: ‘Net overseas migration dropped by 124,000 people in 2024-25, falling for the second year in a row since the financial year high of 538,000 people in 2022-23.

‘The change in net overseas migration was driven by both a 14 per cent decrease in migrant arrivals, particularly temporary visa holders, and a 13 per cent increase in migrant departures.

‘While net overseas migration is not currently at the level seen prior to the pandemic, this year’s overseas migration figures are the closest to pre-COVID-19 figures since annual net overseas migration peaked in September quarter 2023.

‘Migrant arrivals in 2024-25 were only 3 per cent higher than in 2018-19, but migrant departures remained 15 per cent lower than they were in 2018-19.’

The irony is: Most people's jimmies would not have been rustled even if this article hadn't been full of shit. Go back a few generations and almost all of us are migrants.