Australia Considers Migration Cuts to Ease Strain on Clogged Cities

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government is considering cutting the cap on Australia’s migrant intake by 30,000, saying the pace of population growth is clogging roads, trains and schools in the nation’s biggest cities.

While migration has underpinned economic growth, it has created “pressure points” in housing and infrastructure as 75 percent of all migrants head to Sydney, Melbourne and the southeast of Queensland state, Morrison said in a speech in Sydney late Monday.