Australian Immigration Daily News

Director of Migration Statistics at the ABS Myles Burleigh said that the number of people moving interstate was the highest in 13 years, and the number of arrivals of overseas migrants was the highest on record.

"However, factoring in departures, in net terms overseas migration was 262,000, which is below the record high of 300,000 in 2008-09", Mr Burleigh said.

Of the 539,000 people who migrated to Australia in 2016-17, 315,000 arrived on a temporary visa, including just over 150,000 international students, just over 50,000 working holiday makers, and 32,000 workers on temporary skill visas.

Source: Australias-dynamic-population.pdf