• Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    16 days ago

    Thanks for posting this. The Media Watch transcript is a useful quick summary,

    In fact, there are reliable migration numbers laying about—and what do they show?

    “Over the 12 months to 31 December 2024, NOM [Net Overseas Migration] was estimated at 341,000 – a decrease of 190,000 (36 per cent) …”

    • Email, Department of Home Affairs Spokesperson, 21 August, 2025

    Which paints a somewhat different picture, no?

    And while, yes, the data has been used as an indicator of long-term migration trends, the experts we spoke to assured us that rather than being overwhelmed by migrants in fact, we’re getting fewer:

    “… it is our expectation that net overseas migration will continue to fall when the next round of numbers is published in September …”

    • Email, Peter McDonald, Emeritus Professor of Demography, Australian National University, 22 August, 2025
    • No1@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      341,000

      So, an average of 934/day.

      Whether it’s 1544 or 934 doesn’t matter to those looking to dog whistle up any rascists.

      • notgold@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        15 days ago

        Pretty much. Anything over 0 is too many apparently.

        Stopping legal migration will just make the illegal trade bigger and more dangerous.