Accepting more refugees 'would add $38 billion dollars to the economy

Lifting Australia's humanitarian intake would add around $38 billion dollars to the economy over the next 50 years, a report has found.

A group of asylum seekers behind a fence at a compound in PNG.

A group of asylum seekers behind a fence at a compound in PNG. Source: AAP


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Published 28 August 2019 7:41am
By Mehdi Gholizadeh


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