Population ponzi destroys Gold Coast. But universities demand MORE

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The ABC has published a detailed report on how rabid population growth is wrecking liveability across the Gold Coast:

The Gold Coast may just be the urban equivalent of human growth serum.

Over the next two decades, development there will be fuelled by an expected population boom of 350,000 people — more than half of the city’s current population…

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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.