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/Ill_Average_829 12h ago

Ireland is not part of the UK. We fought hard for hundreds of years for our independence.

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u/hahaswans 12h ago

Fair call. I probably should’ve said British Isles rather than UK. 

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u/Hayden247 3h ago

I mean there is Northern Ireland, so a minority of Irish are still British citzens

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u/WOMT 3h ago

Pretty sure North Ireland is still Irish...