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Population And Immigration Key Issues In Australian Elections
While the conservatives hint unchecked immigration is the source of many evils bedeviling the country, business, their natural ally, tells them shortage of skilled labour still haunts Australia and anything precipitous now could affect future growth.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott asserts though he is not using the population debate as a smokescreen for anti-immigration sentiment.
''The Coalition parties are pro-immigrant but it's very important that our immigration program has the support of our people,'' Mr Abbott said last week. The coalition led by the Liberal Party said it would reduce the annual migration intake within three years from 277,000 to 170,000.
Both Labor and the Greens seem to realize that immigration is a sensitive issue and scaremongering could succeed in these troubled times. Hence they would not take on the conservatives aggressively, if anything the ruling Labour tacitly acknowledges the need to keep a check on immigration, though they would not talk of any numbers.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who frequently talks of her experiences as a child coming to Australia from Wales in the 1960s, said recently, ''It is the government's job to take control of our future and put Australia on to a path of sustainable population growth.''
The Greens says they are concerned about Australia's ability to produce enough food and water to support a growing population. Leader Bob Brown is also worried about the effect skilled migration has on the ability of Australians to get training opportunities.
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