for those people who are yearning for the good old days, of low priced housing in 'Orstralya', and give examples of prices way back in the 90's.....and hence a return to those heady days....or even some want a return to the 1950's, when the women stayed at home and looked after the kids...the husband worked and was the only breadwinner...
lets look at the immigration figures for those years..
overseas students numbered less than 10,000...today its over 400,000 temp worker visas were around 20,000 today its over 500,000 permanent immigration was around 80,000 today its over 200ks.... I wonder would they like to go back to earning the same wage, and driving the same old car....back in the good old days. the link below is from wikipedia.....yes I know...eyes rolling....but it is acceptable, given some of the 'pigs might fly scenarios' posted on this forum, and with no reason other than, house prices must come down....mantra, repeated day in day out.... ............................ Australia accepted 87,000 immigrants in 1994-95,[7] the last financial year before the Howard Government was elected.[8] Planned immigrant intake was reduced to 68,000 following the election of John Howard in 1996.[9][10]
In 2004-05, Australia accepted 123,000 new settlers,[11] a 40 per cent increase over the past 10 years. The largest number of immigrants (40,000 in 2004/05) moved to Sydney. The majority of immigrants came from Asia, led by China and India. There was also significant growth in student numbers from Asia, and continued high numbers of tourists from Asia.[8]
Planned immigrant intake in 2005/06 had more than doubled compared with the intake of 1996.[9]
As at 2007 immigration accounted just over half the overall growth in Australia's population. In NSW and South Australia about three-quarters of the population growth could be attributed to immigration.[9]
The planned intake for 2007/08 was almost 153,000[12] - plus 13,000 under the humanitarian program and in addition 24,000 New Zealanders were expected to migrate under specific trans-Tasman agreement.[9]
Under the Howard Government the quota for skilled migrants rose significantly compared with the quota for family reunions.[13]
