expect good returns 3/4 million immigrants pa, page-22

so bongo is calling the figures bogus....
does he know more than the govt dept's, whose job it is to track these figures.......or the immigration dept....
or the Govt ministers....who use and report these figures on a regular basis....I doubt it....I am happy to use these reported figures......

from the ABS site....they estimated net overseas immigration for 07/08 was 213700...divide by 52 = 4109 per week....
extract follows.............
Each year Australia's population increases as a result of both natural increase and NOM.
In 2007–08 preliminary NOM estimates added 213,700 persons to Australia's population.
This represented 59% of Australia's total population growth for the year (359,300

http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/33A138F3B3CD34C7CA25760000175284/$File/34120_2007-08.pdf
the following is an extract from Kevin Andrews MP, chairman of the Coalition Policy Review...speech to an environment conference yesterday in Canberra......................

extract from the original post at the start of this thread.....
Why is the Rudd government hell-bent on bringing more and more people to Australia?
In 2007-08, 173,290 people permanently migrated to Australia. In addition, there were another 544,000 temporary migrants to the country, excluding the five million of visitors. That’s close to three-quarters of a million extra people residing here in a year.
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oh and they did not mention the temp students who migrate on the assumption they will take up permanent residency...50% of over 430,000 here last year, are here on the basis of seeking permanent residency....
the figures a way above 4000 pw....without the 457 visa people, refugees or asylum seekers........

one would think this forum is about fishing....with all the baiting going on....