Former highrise king questions population ponzi
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Late last year, in a great twist of irony, one of the people responsible for the proliferation of high rise development across Melbourne – former planning Minister (now Opposition Leader) Matthew Guy – had a Damascus moment and questioned the merits of high immigration into Melbourne. From The Age:
Mr Guy said with the city’s population continuing to rapidly expand, it was time for a discussion involving the community, businesses and political leaders…
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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