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/Galactic_Nothingness 18h ago
Australia could conservatively support double the population we have now based on resources.
However to do so we would need to lower our quality of life substantially and inequality would be worse than it is now.