The Coalition’s plan to divert migrants to the regions has already run head first into reality, with schools in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat bursting at the seams after experiencing strong population growth:
Population growth continues to put pressure on Ballarat’s booming secondary colleges, with the number of year sevens set to start high school in 2020 almost double the number of year 12 students who finished in 2019…
Across the city, about 900 students will start year seven at a government secondary school in 2020, compared to 475 year 12s who have just completed their final exams…
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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.
