{
  "id": 7223779,
  "title": "How Australia replaced productivity growth with immigration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/how-australia-replaced-productivity-growth-with-immigration",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/how-australia-replaced-productivity-growth-with-immigration/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defenders of mass migration often argue that Australia’s ‘skilled’ immigration system boosts the nation’s productivity because migrants are more skilled than locals and earn higher incomes. However, when you examine the macroeconomic data, you quickly discover that Australia’s labour productivity growth has collapsed alongside the strong rise in immigration, which contradicts their claims. ‘Big…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}