Bob Birrell, 'Migrant deluge creates a giant wave of problems', This article was first published in The Herald Sun, 30 September 2023

We know this is the case because it is largely based on a sharp increase in the number of overseas students and visitors (more on this category shortly). [...] The number of overseas students already in Australia is a record. [...] Most of these students are in the higher education sector, where universities are actively seeking more because of the financial incentives. [...] The Government’s failure to anticipate the subsequent migrant deluge is illustrated in spades by the forecasting record of its Office of Population located within The Treasury. [...] Labor’s new policy of encouraging even more overseas students to enroll in the sciences will prompt our universities to devote more of their teaching capacity in these fields to overseas students.