Population ponzi threatens Sydney's food bowl

The ABC has run a report on how endless population growth and urban sprawl is threatening Sydney’s food bowl:

What were once quiet rural communities, Camden and Oakdale are now fairly urbanised and further development is likely as town centres expand.
Sydney’s west is expected to bear the brunt of more than half of the population growth in Sydney in the next 20 years.

Areas that have traditionally been used to grow food are now slated for housing, particularly around the Camden region where the population is expected to grow from 88,000 in 2017 to more than 226,000 by 2036…

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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.

Population ponzi threatens Sydney’s food bowl