Peta Credlin slams Anthony Albanese over major problem with immigration after country reached worrying milestone
Sky News commentator Peta Credlin has taken aim at Anthony Albanese after a record number of immigrants were welcomed to Australia in just one month.
More than 100,000 immigrants came to Australia in February, after 765,900 arrived last year, another record.
The huge influx has raised fears that it will put pressure on paralyzed housing and rental markets, with new housing proposals being accepted at the lowest rate in eleven years.
This despite the Albanian government’s promise to reduce immigration to 300,000 per year and build 250,000 houses.
Credlin said the inaction also fostered social disharmony.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come under fire after Australia welcomed more than 100,000 immigrants in February, an all-time record
Mrs. Credlin, in her weekly columnAccording to the report, successive governments have “increasingly sent signals to migrants that the culture of the country they come to is built on a history of shame, illegitimacy and racism.”
‘Is it any wonder that some migrant communities are becoming reluctant to integrate or insist that Australia must change to accommodate their preferences, while a weak civil service will only apologetically fly our national flag, accompanied by two other flags that people with represent a particular racial heritage?’ she wrote.
“Or when our civic culture now seems to revolve around indigenous ancestor worship, while the Judeo-Christian basis of our fundamental institutions such as the rule of law is denigrated.”
She added that it is “hardly the fault of immigrants” who chose to come to Australia, but that of governments who failed to “insist that they join Team Australia”.
“It is well past time for governments at all levels to start emphasizing unity over diversity, to rebuild a patriotic love for Australia, rather than leading the reduction of our national symbols, such as Australia Day,” she wrote.
Credlin claimed the 100,000 migrants coming to Australia were ‘significant’.
She compared the figure to the Howard government era, which saw an average of 110,000 migrants per year during that period.
“It’s no secret why housing is unaffordable, wages are flat and roads and public transport are congested, because that’s exactly what happens when you don’t implement a population policy and instead use migration as a way to balance the budget to be kept within limits. looks better than it actually is,” she wrote.
The massive population growth will put further pressure on the already crippled housing sector, with new homes being built at the slowest rate in 11 years (stock image)
Political commentator Peta Credlin said successive governments had also failed to “insist on joining Team Australia” and promoted social disharmony.
Daniel Wild, deputy director of the Institute of Public Affairs, said high immigration rates and little housing being built are a recipe for a housing crisis.
“The data proves that the federal government’s unplanned mass migration program is unsustainable,” he said.
‘It actively undermines Australians who are struggling to find a home as increasing demand and a lack of supply price them out of the market.’
The Australian capital’s average house price of $956,782, based on data from CoreLogic, is well out of reach of an average full-time worker at $98,218.
That’s because banks can only lend 5.2 times their salary to someone with a permanent job and a mortgage deposit of 20 percent.
The average wage would only be enough to buy a $639,000 house, while in greater Sydney you would only buy a unit or a house 100km away from the city centre.
Renters are also hit by the arrival of 175,960 international students in February, increasing competition for housing.