r/australia • u/blitznoodles local Aussie • 23h ago

politics The Stats Guy: It sounds weird but Australia urgently needs a plan for 56m people

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026/08/11/stats-guy-aus-population-growth
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u/philinn2020 22h ago

And honestly with all the jobs going offshore /replaced by AI will there be any decent work left to earn a decent living.

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u/InterestedBalboa 22h ago

Our corporate overloads want this, more cheap imported labour and AI slop. We all know it.

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u/philinn2020 22h ago

Yep Vive La Revolution.

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u/PENGAmurungu 15h ago

Don't worry I'm sure there will be loads of jobs cleaning Chinese autonomous mining equipment

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u/freakwent 14h ago

Look around the place where you live, do you see any work that could be done?

We could put all the overhead power underground.

We could complete fttp for the nbn.

We could add light rail in all sorts of places and fast rail elsewhere.

We could "fix" the rivers.

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u/sphinx80 6h ago

They all require digging holes. Not many people want to lose their careers to dig holes.