Australia is drowning in unskilled migration.

In 2023–24, Australia issued 190,000 permanent visas.
The number of core construction trades included:

Bricklayers: 109
Stonemasons: 18
Carpenters & Joiners: 521
Painters: 383
Plasterers: 45
Plumbers: 56
Electricians: 174
Gas fitters: Less than 5

That’s just 1,428 or 0.75% of migrants in a trade that builds something.

These figures are supposed to support housing supply for the remaining 185,000 new residents during a housing crisis.

Meanwhile, visas were issued to:
4,570 accountants
4,243 software engineers
3,957 chefs

These aren’t the trades that fix a housing crisis.
The Albanese Government’s narrative doesn’t stack up… and Australians are worse off.

Great work to former construction worker WA One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten for unearthing these figures.