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- Title
- Dissatisfaction with immigration grows
- Author(s)
- Betts, Katharine
- Abstract
- Immigration has increased considerably since the late 1990s and between 2004 and 2007 the proportion of voters who want the intake to be reduced rose from 34 per cent to 46 per cent. While support for a reduction was highest in New South Wales, this support was already high in 2004. In relative terms support for a reduction rose most strongly in Victoria. This may be because, over the four-year period, Melbourne absorbed a greater proportion of Australia’s population growth than any other region. Despite growing electoral disquiet, the new Labor Government is increasing the immigration program to record levels.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- People and Place, Vol. 16, no. 3 (2008), pp. 19-34
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- ALP; Australia; Australian Labor Party; Government policy; Immigration; Popular opinion; Population growth; Surveys
- Publisher
- Monash Centre for Population and Urban Research
- ISSN
- 1039-4788
- Publisher URL
- http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/481958
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Monash University and Katharine Betts. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
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