What the Population Strategy should do
Posted: April 7, 2010 Filed under: Population | Tags: Australia, growth, Melbourne, Minister for population, Prime Minister, strategy, Tony Burke 5 CommentsI’m not surprised the Prime Minister has appointed a Minister for Population now that Australia is projected to accommodate 35 million people in 40 years time.
This is turning into a hot political issue. For example, it seems like every third comment on The Age website related to the Project Melbourne series is about population. A surprisingly large number of people think Melbourne is already too big and that issues like traffic congestion will be exacerbated by further growth. Read the rest of this entry »
The Melbourne Urbanist 