In the 2017-18 financial year, Sydney added a whopping 93,411 people, driven by a 77,091 net overseas migration (NOM):

And in the 14 years to 2017-18, Sydney added a whopping 1,045,000 people, again driven overwhelmingly by NOM.
Residents across Sydney feel the impacts everyday, from being gridlocked in traffic, being sardine packed onto a slow moving train or bus, being stuffed into an expensive faulty apartment, or being unable to get a place at the local school or hospital.
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