Uncontrolled Immigration Is ‘Sending Australians Into Poverty’: Freelancer CEO

People wearing face masks walk on a street in the central business district of Sydney in Australia, on June 25, 2021. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer—the world’s largest online marketplace for freelancers—has lambasted the Albanese Labor government for boosting immigration to record highs.

In a speech at the Sydney 2050 Summit last week, Barrie said the Albanese government’s policy to bring in 700,000 migrants by next year was “not about the economy, but inflating GDP.”