Alan Kohler: Population growth equals economic growth, but for whom?

Australia's population is seeing another expansion, but where are the houses, infrastructure and the tradies to build them? Photo: TND

Liberal leader Peter Dutton made a good point about the lack of planning to house the wave of extra migrants we’re getting this year, but keeping a straight face while doing so was a real achievement.

Between 2004 and 2006, when he was Minister for Workplace Participation, Australia’s net overseas migration jumped from 142,580 to 277,340, but planning to house them? Alas, there was none.