Melbourne and Sydney together added more than 300,000 residents in a single year as students and other migrants flooded back into the country.
Australia’s population is booming during an acute housing crisis. That spells trouble for the government,and for social cohesion.
Boomer population booms to record high proportion of population as the percentage of Australians under 18 continues to shrink.
New figures out on Thursday are likely to show a further lift in net overseas migration,putting more pressure on the government to limit population growth.
The Reserve Bank starts its interest rate meeting on Monday. Economists believe one factor is likely to protect the economy for now.
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The Albanese government has offered the states $3 billion to build 1.2 million homes. The Property Council says the incentives need to be double that.
I hate to say it,but Balmain isn’t great. It’s not fun,it’s not equitable,it’s hard to get to,it has no nightlife. When was the last time you heard anyone suggest:“Let’s go out in Balmain?”
The government will in March remove a rule that blocks people from studying in Australia because they aspire to live in the country in the long term.
Deaths,however,rose to 11.1 million,almost 700,000 more than the previous year and the highest since 1960.
The global population growth rate in the past year was just under 1 per cent – one of the slowest on record.