- The current federal government has overseen a record increase in population growth, with approximately 1.15 million net migrants entering the country since the last election in May 2022.
- This is already 62 per cent more than the previous record, set during the first term of the Rudd-Gillard government, when net overseas migration was just under 711,000.
- This government has already brought in more migrants in just 27 months than the entire Hawke-Keating years which ran for 156 months – more than five times the length of the current government. The average monthly net overseas migration intake under Hawke-Keating was 6,646, compared with this current government of 42,710.
- At present, approximately 31 per cent of Australia’s population is born overseas, which has increased from approximately 22 per cent in 1983, meaning that the increase to the migrant intake is increasing at an increasing rate. By comparison, 29 per cent of New Zealand’s population is foreign-born, followed by Canada (at 21 per cent), the US (at 15 per cent), and the UK (at 14 per cent).
