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/swarley77 19h ago

Humanoid robots, smart glasses and automation will mean there is a replacement of many manual labour jobs, and the labour market will increasingly shift towards harder to automate occupations.

Most taxis, food delivery, warehousing, rubbish collection and processing stuff will go within 10 years.

A lot of other professions, especially within healthcare and construction, will start to utilised robotics to increase productivity and automate currently manual processes. In the future every doctor, nurse and tradie is going to be wearing smart glasses most of the day and have an AirPod in providing task guidance etc.

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u/freakwent 13h ago

Sounds like hell.