'We should have kept higher immigration quota'

Jenny WigginsInfrastructure reporter

Jun 12, 2019 – 11.46am

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Australia would be “an international backwater” without Sydney and Melbourne and should have kept its annual permanent immigration target at 190,000, The Australian Financial Review's Infrastructure Summit has been told.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut the immigration target to 160,000 annually in March to try to appease voters worried about job security and congestion.

Jenny Wiggins writes on business, specialising in infrastructure, telecommunications and transport.