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Should Australia rethink its high population growth model? It's one of many challenges, report says
Re-examining Australia's high population growth model They say Australia's had a high population growth model in recent decades, more than almost any other developed country. But is it sustainable?
‘Australian nightmare’: Crisis we can’t ignore
Whether you’re for it or against it, it’s undeniable that by virtually any metric, Australia is in the midst of an ...
MacroBusiness4d
Australia’s housing shortage nears 300,000
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver posted the following chart showing that Australia’s housing shortage was about to surpass ...
Time Out27d
Melbourne had the largest jump in population growth in Australia over the past 12 months
Collectively, Australia’s capitals grew by 427,800 people in 2023-2024, with Perth experiencing the highest proportional growth rate (3.1 per cent). Regional Australia has also experienced significant ...
MacroBusiness5dOpinion
Australia’s media finds a new housing scapegoat
I have read some poor housing analyses in my time, but few are as awful as the Daily Telegraph’s Taylor Troeth, who blamed ...
Eureka Street3dOpinion
The quiet injustice facing the outer suburbs
As Australia moves through another federal election campaign, a quarter of a million new voters in the nation’s outer suburbs ...
Labor eyes comeback in Banks in Sydney's south as population growth puts pressure on infrastructure, housing in the marginal electorate
The Sydney electorate of Banks was once a safe Labor seat, until Shadow Foreign Minister David Coleman won it for the Liberals in 2013.