The record migration – driven by #students from #India, #China and #Philippines – has expanded #LabourSupply and restrained #wage pressures, but has exacerbated an already tight #HousingMarket.

Voter polls found that this excess pressure on the housing market has made #immigration a key #BattlegroundIssue in the election due less than a year away.

#Australia to limit foreign student enrolment in #MigrationCrackdown
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-to-limit-foreign-student-enrolments-in-migration-crackdown