Report argues case against Melbourne's suburban rail loop
A slowdown in Melbourne’s population growth means one of state’s biggest transport infrastructure projects won’t be needed, a report says.
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A slowdown in Melbourne’s population growth means one of state’s biggest transport infrastructure projects won’t be needed, a report says.
Olympic and Commonwealth athlete from Barrow sadly passed away
Despite the dependence on international student fees, there is no clear strategy underpinning numbers nor where students should come from.
Real estate data group CoreLogic is expecting Australian house prices to recover once the Reserve Bank stops raising interest rates. Immigration levels are now at the highest level in 15 years.
The Australian Population Research Institute's Bob Birrell says that despite “decades of concern” over skills shortages, Australia is still grappling with a "serious crisis" in 2022. “Successive governments, the Coalition and now Labor are not changing the situation at all,” Mr Birrell told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. “A massive amount of teaching resources … is allocated to overseas students, 40 per cent of graduates. “The universities, they can charge what the market will bear, and they can do what they please with the funds … rather than prioritizing skills which ...