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Speaker 1: Two hundred and eleven billion dollars. That's a lot of money.

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Speaker 1: It is what it will cost the Australians in lost

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Speaker 1: productivity and revenue as a result of their government panicking

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Speaker 1: over reaction to the mass arrival of people by immigration.

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Speaker 1: So such was the panic they started capping numbers. In

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Speaker 1: capping numbers, they appeared to have made a mess of it. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you follow Australian politics, they make a mess of

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff at the moment. But that's another story.

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Speaker 1: And want to watch later on this year if they

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Speaker 1: go to the polls and the alban Easy government turns

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Speaker 1: out to be a one termer. But by the capping

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Speaker 1: of the numbers, they've turned immigration into a political game,

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Speaker 1: not a business one. You need immigration for skills and labor.

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Speaker 1: Of course, by not meeting labor demand, U curtail your growth.

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Speaker 1: It's an open question as to whether we are doing

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Speaker 1: the same thing. The floodgates were open here, of course,

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Speaker 1: way too late, and then because it was way too late,

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Speaker 1: the panic ensued and we let in all sorts of people,

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Speaker 1: some of whom we wanted and needed, many of whom

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Speaker 1: we didn't. Same reaction here upset now there's a group,

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Speaker 1: it seems, in all societies, Western societies anyway, who were

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Speaker 1: edgy about people arriving and their country politicians read that

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Speaker 1: and they react. The Hahiy recruitment survey out this week

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Speaker 1: suggested skills gaps are still an issue if you can

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Speaker 1: believe it in this country. In fact, twenty five percent

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Speaker 1: of employers said it was worse now than it had been,

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Speaker 1: which is hard to fathom, but it is nevertheless of

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Speaker 1: reality and hands on deck is a very direct link

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Speaker 1: to growth, and I doubt anyone disputes we need growth

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Speaker 1: right now. Another question for us that Australia doesnt appear

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Speaker 1: to grapple with his demand. Do we actually still want

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Speaker 1: to come here? Or do people still actually want to

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Speaker 1: come here? The truly talented and the skilled have a

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Speaker 1: world of choice. Are we still on their list anyway?

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Speaker 1: In Australia. The price of paying politics with all of

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Speaker 1: this is they've worked out this week two hundred and

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Speaker 1: eleven billion dollars. So on one hand, the PM keeps

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Speaker 1: the punter happy who doesn't like emigration. On the other,

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Speaker 1: businesses are screaming for staff as they watch the bill

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Speaker 1: mout for things they can't do This is where leadership

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Speaker 1: comes in. You see. Real leadership is about making the

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Speaker 1: right decision, not always the popular one. Real leadership is

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Speaker 1: about hanging tough when the screamers and moaners are at

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Speaker 1: their loudest. At two hundred and eleven billion old, elbow

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Speaker 1: doesn't look like he's the goods. For more from The

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