Melbourne to become biggest parasite by 2030s

Thursday 25 May 2017

Over many years, Melbourne has lead the nation’s population growth, adding a ridiculous one million people (a 27% increase) in the 12 years to June 2016:

Today, Bernard Salt – the self-proclaimed “unabashed supporter of a Bigger Australia” – has penned an article in The Australian arguing that Melbourne will overtake Sydney in the 2030s to become “the greatest city on the Australian continent in the 21st century”:

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About the author

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.