For years, Bernard Salt – the self proclaimed “unabashed supporter of a bigger Australia” – has produced reams of articles pushing rapid population growth and high density living, warning that to not follow this path would lead to an economic and fiscal catastrophe.
Now Bernard Salt has repented somewhat, admitting that Australia’s lower density will help it to contain the coronavirus:
The virus is contracted by human contact, which means it is picked up and multiplied in densely packed urban communities…
