The BCA chief executive, Jennifer Westacott, said “two-thirds of Australians believe that properly planned and well-managed migration is beneficial to the nation”.
“However, there is a current misconception that our migration figures are higher than normal,” she said.
“It is important to recognise migration numbers currently recorded simply reflect a rebalancing after the pandemic border closures in 2020 and 2021.
“Our population is actually expected to be smaller than previously forecast irrespective of the current catch-up period of migration.”