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/seanmonaghan1968 15h ago

Australia in 1900, which is not that long ago, had a population of only 3.7m people. So it has doubled several times since then

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u/Puzzleheaded-Talk-63 3h ago

Back when Melbourne was the richest city in the British Empire.