Demolishing The Australia Institute live on ABC Radio National (Leithvo)

In this live debate on ABC's Radio National I demolish Matt Grudnoff's immigration and housing lies.



The Australia Institute representative was basically defending the Government's position that there are no problems caused by mass migration. However, everyone in the street can see with their own eyes that this is not true. He argued that the percentage of migrants has not changed from pre-pandemic levels, but the problem there is they were already quite high, and with a larger population, that means the raw numbers must be up, in a country ALREADY struggling with infrastructure and housing availability. The relentless numbers of people coming are obviously jacking up house prices and rents.

The good thing about this debate is that it pitted a top level expert vs another expert where there was some examination of the numbers. The only problem was that there was not enough time to really nail the points put out by the Australia Institute person who got the last word before the segment ended. ABC National Radio needs to do a half hour segment, just like this one, drilling into a few basic points, in as much detail as possible, and then revisit the same topic a week later, to really hash out issue.

Best comment on You Tube:

@auzziewoz3620
If the country has skill shortages, the solution is to train more people. The idea that we allow developing nations to train doctors and them steal them is a revolting model

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 30, 2026.]