My guest today is Dr Bob Birrell who is a well-known demographer and critic of mass immigration.

Bob was formerly a professor at Monash University and has acted as an advisor to successive Australian governments on immigration policy.

He is currently a president of the Australian Population Research Institute think tank which has just released a survey on the attitudes of Australian to immigration. www.tapri.org.au

Among other things we discuss:

- His recent report on Australians attitudes to immigration

- The impact of mass immigration on Australia in terms of productivity, social cohesion, housing, and fertility rates.

- Why Treasury has got the forecasts on immigration numbers so wrong

- What Australia will look like if we continue with our current policies

- Whether there is anything realistically that can be done

And much more.

Recent poll and research report conducted by APRI mentioned in the episode:

https://tapri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Elites-vs-the-electorate-report1-2025-finalV2.pdf