Melbourne and Sydney burst at the seams in record population surge

Melbourne and Sydney burst at the seams in record population surge

Melbourne and Sydney together added more than 300,000 residents in a single year as students and other migrants flooded back into the country.

  • byShane Wright andLachlan Abbott

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You know your country’s in trouble when Pauline Hanson is claiming vindication

You know your country’s in trouble when Pauline Hanson is claiming vindication

Australia’s population is booming during an acute housing crisis. That spells trouble for the government,and for social cohesion.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Australia’s population is almost 27 million – and growing at a 70-year high

Australia’s population is almost 27 million – and growing at a 70-year high

Boomer population booms to record high proportion of population as the percentage of Australians under 18 continues to shrink.

  • byShane Wright
Migrant numbers growing as government’s student crackdown begins

Migrant numbers growing as government’s student crackdown begins

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.

  • byShane Wright
The nation is tipped to avoid a recession. But policymakers are walking a fine line

The nation is tipped to avoid a recession. But policymakers are walking a fine line

The Reserve Bank starts its interest rate meeting on Monday. Economists believe one factor is likely to protect the economy for now.

  • byShane Wright
Sydney’s rich getting richer:How do incomes in your suburb stack up?
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Sydney’s rich getting richer:How do incomes in your suburb stack up?

Check out our interactive map to reveal how average incomes vary across Sydney suburbs.

  • byMatt Wade andCraig Butt
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Pledge to build 1.2 million homes needs a major renovation:Property Council

Pledge to build 1.2 million homes needs a major renovation:Property Council

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.

  • byShane Wright
Why boring places like Balmain must be saved from themselves
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Why boring places like Balmain must be saved from themselves

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?”

  • byMichael Koziol
Rules to ease for foreign students who want to call Australia home

Rules to ease for foreign students who want to call Australia home

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
China’s population shrinks again as births fall to record low

China’s population shrinks again as births fall to record low

Deaths,however,rose to 11.1 million,almost 700,000 more than the previous year and the highest since 1960.

  • byJames Mayger
World population grows past 8 billion

World population grows past 8 billion

The global population growth rate in the past year was just under 1 per cent – one of the slowest on record.

  • byMike Schneider