Mojo ♻️<p>Rather than pursuing a high-rise slum future, immigration should be limited to a level below the nation’s capacity to provide high-quality housing and infrastructure, and within the natural environment’s carrying capacity, particularly water. Lower, sustainable immigration, in line with the pre-2005 average, will encourage the building sector to focus on quality over quantity and help alleviate the housing shortfall. The high-rise apartment boom of the last decade was an unmitigated disaster that we are still paying for.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/immigrationpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrationpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sustainablegrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainablegrowth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/urbanplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanplanning</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australianhousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australianhousing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/qualityoverquantity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qualityoverquantity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/populationcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populationcontrol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/infrastructureplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructureplanning</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/highriseboom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highriseboom</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/betternotbigger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betternotbigger</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/09/australians-still-paying-the-price-for-last-decades-apartment-boom/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">macrobusiness.com.au/2024/09/a</span><span class="invisible">ustralians-still-paying-the-price-for-last-decades-apartment-boom/</span></a></p>