Avalanche of high-rise apartments bear down on Sydney’s West

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By Leith van Onselen

Western Sydney is the epicentre of the city’s working class. It is a prime dumping ground for the federal government’s mass immigration ‘Big Australia’ program. And it has become a virtual “special economic zone” where wages can be shredded with impunity by the wealthy owners of capital living in the East.

The below charts tell the story. According to the State Government’s own projections, Sydney’s population will balloon by 1.74 million people in the 20-years to 2036:

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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.