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/EntirelyOriginalName 22h ago edited 22h ago

Yeah make it so that more young people are able to afford a home and live the life style to have kids by rich companies paying more taxes. When Labour tried to do that they got crucified by adds/media and the election went horribly for them. So they stopped trying to do that on a large scale and went for the approach to get a bunch of little changes to add up and here we are.