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In the population projections for Australia’s capital cities and rest-of-state areas, the Statement notes that population growth in 2020-21 is forecast to decline to -0.1 percent for capital cities combined, with 0.5 percent growth for the rest-of-state areas combined.

Melbourne will become the fastest growing city next year and will overtake Sydney to become the biggest capital city in Australia by 2030...

An accounting giant is calling for Australia to open up a $120billion boost by allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners to move Down Under.

The Australian Government has today released the 2021 Population Statement providing new analysis of the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 12:09 pm on December 23, 2020 | 9 comments Leading ‘Big Australia’ mouthpieces have united warning of dire consequences unless Australia grows its population, including through mass immigration: The issue of a Big Australia has resurfaced in the wake of the government releasing its first Population Statement, which projects the nation will have 1.1 million fewer people by 2031 than it would have without the coronavirus pandemic. Professor McDo...

Thousands of Pandemic-Weary People Leaving Melbourne, Data Shows Coronavirus has shattered usual growth trends and international and domestic migration, Australia’s first Population Statement confirms. In 2020-21 the national will grow at its slowest rate since World War One, the report issued by the federal government’s Centre for Population says. With overseas migration effectively on hold, internal migration will be the main driver of changes to population distribution. The number of peo...