Increased migration must come with planning and expanded services, councils say

Fairfield mayor says people are suffering' due to lack of affordable housing in migrant communities as PM pledges $575m investment

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Increasing Australia's migration intake without improving key services will increase the strain on housing, hospitals and schools as well as inflation, councils in migrant communities have said.

The Albanese government on Friday announced at its jobs and skills summit it would lifting the migrant intake to 195,000 in 2022-23, from the current 160,000 cap, addressing calls from businesses for more skilled workers to be brought in to Australia to meet shortages. A review planned for next February would set intake levels for coming years.

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