Vic hospitals plunged into crisis as population growth overruns Budget

In the 14 years to June 2018, Melbourne’s population ballooned by 1,320,000 or 36%, with an average of 94,000 people flooding into the city each and every year, driven mostly via immigration:

And over the next 48 years, Melbourne’s population is projected by the ABS to more than double to 10.2 million people, growing at an even faster pace of 109,000 per year:

As Melbournians already know, this population deluge is crush-loading all manner of infrastructure and public services, including roads, public transport, schools and hospitals.