Tassie Liberals hoisted on own population ponzi petard

Friday, 24 May 2019

Mid last year, the Hodgman Liberal Tasmanian Government rejoiced at the recent acceleration in the state’s population growth:

Tasmania’s population is growing at its fastest rate in five years and the State Government wants to see more of it…

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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.