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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.”

“Australia’s population is ageing more quickly than previously expected, driven by a rapid decline in the number of births per woman.”

“For the first time in the 2060s, deaths are projected to outnumber births in Australia, while annual population growth is expected to average 0.9% over the next four decades.”

“Australia’s population growth has slowed to its lowest non-pandemic rate in 15 years with net overseas migration dropping below 300,000 for the first time since the Albanese government came to power.”

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

“Mr Joye blamed the inflation problem largely on government spending, population growth and weak productivity, dismissing claims that the war between the US and Iran and resulting surge in fuel prices was the main culprit.”

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

““It is challenging, but that’s the nature of Australia with high population growth – we all want to live in these capital cities by the coast, and that does create demand that pushes up prices.””

“Hanson disagrees, and is quick to blame Australia’s high population growth over the past few years for the economy’s woes.”

“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.”

“But growth in the nighttime economy isn’t solely tied to western Sydney’s population growth.”

“"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.”

“Now his party wants to cut immigration by 750,000 temporary migrants, and put Australia into three years of population decline before stabilising at 130,000 a year, 100,000 fewer than the government’s target.”

“Australia is “chasing away success”, according to the Melbourne-born billionaire, and entrepreneurs like him will keep leaving with one-way tickets because of exceedingly harsh tax settings.”

“In one of the more remarkable political performances of the week, Australians were effectively told by Tony that the property squeeze isn’t really about record population growth colliding with chronic underbuilding.”

“Although its growth of 2 per cent over the year to June sounds reasonable, the great majority of that growth is attributable to our growing population.”

“But its 2026 annual report, published in August, presents a more bullish position about its build-to-rent growth strategy, telling investors that Australia’s housing crunch is fertile ground.”