Less than 24 hours after Bondi's studied sectarian slaughter - a ghastly new "landmark" for Australia - Albanese and his press-gallery chooks had already agreed a narrative. Albanese remains an immigration radicalThe majority consistently favours lower immigration or an immigration pause, even the sourcing of immigration from like countries. AdvertisementOver 1945-2005, with White Australia snuffed out by the 1970s, Australia averaged net-migration around 90,000 annually. Over his first 2022-25 term, Albanese hiked net-migration, to a crazy 424,000 average. Peer nations and world powers have much smaller immigration profiles – low rates of population growth.