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“The population, however, will continue to grow as new arrivals make up for the downturn in Australian births, but at a more modest pace than in the past 20 years as immigration rears as a hot political issue.”

“Japan, Italy and South Korea have already passed the point where their populations are no longer growing thanks to 'natural increase', and from the 2060s onwards Australia will join them, meaning the population will shrink without ongoing migration.”

“The latest Intergenerational Report released on Monday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid out how an aging population and falling birth rate would reshape Australia's economy in the next 40 years.”

“Migration rates to Australia since 2019 have been much higher than many comparable countries, with more than double the growth in population from migration compared to the United Kingdom, and three times Germany.”

“Mr Taylor accused Labor of using population growth to prop up Australia's broader economic prosperity but did not release modelling showing what such a large reduction in migration would mean for the economy.”

“So Australia's overall population growth is being kept afloat by net overseas migration, but net overseas migration is also still falling from its post-COVID peak.”

“As Burke told parliament: "If you make cuts too deep, too hard in the immigration system, you trash the Australian economy."”

“Curtin University's vice-chancellor says a planned merger of three Western Australian universities "solves problems that we don't have and creates problems that we don't need".”

“"What's happening under Labor is they are driving economic growth through population growth alone."”

“Australians spend an eye-watering $30 billion each year on gambling.”

“Station planned a decade ago yet to be delivered The Melton area, along the Western Highway in Melbourne's sprawling outer west, frequently tops lists of the fastest-growing areas in Australia.”

“Mr Littleproud denied the Coalition's immigration policy would hurt the Territory's economy, despite the NT government's budget strategy being heavily reliant on increased population growth.”

“Gum trees are synonymous with Australia, but only a handful of people have ever seen the Eucalyptus recurva.”

“At the core of the problem, Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan said, was a 37 per cent increase in the prison population since early 2023 without commensurate growth in cells or staff.”

“A spokesperson for the West Australian government said its most recent budget included $361 million in funding over five years for Thriving Kids services, which would include: - information and advice support so families and caregivers have assistance to…”

“Canada slashed migration in 2024-25, halving population growth, which cut GDP growth by about 0.3 percentage points in 2025 and 0.5 points in 2026 and led to mass sackings in the tertiary education sector because, as in Australia, a lot of the cut was focused…”

“It raises the prospect of financial pain for the majority of the Australian population in terms of job losses, higher mortgage interest payments and lower superannuation balances for retirees.”

“An older population, weaker productivity growth, mounting costs, growing exposure to climate change, geopolitical instability and technological disruption are among the downsides.”

“"We've had an increase of 3.5 per cent in our residential population in the last year, and that's the largest increase of any council area in South Australia," she said.”

“The population, however, will continue to grow as new arrivals make up for the downturn in Australian births, but at a more modest pace than in the past 20 years, as immigration has become a hot political issue.”

“Australians are living closer together but feeling further apart.”

“Australia's population growth is projected to slow from an average of 1.4 per cent a year over the past 40 years to 0.9 per cent a year over the next 40 years.”

“We learnt on Thursday that population growth in the year to March was 392,700, of which 292,100 were migrants.”

“The entire population of the Norfolk Island Morepork owl, also known in Australia as the Norfolk boobook, is descended from one female after the species nearly died out in the 1980s.”

“Australia's population has grown by more than 392,000 people in 12 months, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS).”

“In short: Australia's pre-colonial population estimate has been revised, suggesting the number of Indigenous people on the continent was at least twice as large as previously thought.”

“While it is planning to incorporate population growth forecasts in the next cycle, it said there is currently "no funding capacity as part of the Housing Roadmap to invest in upgrading … networks outside of priority areas".”

“New trucks, stations, and crews simply aren't being added to the mix to keep up with Melbourne's sprawling population growth, firefighters have argued.”