Melbourne @9 million is a Bladerunner set

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The Herald-Sun has published a spruik piece on how Melbourne’s suburbs will enjoy a “jobs and high-rise population boom” following the construction of the Suburban Rail Loop:

The Suburban Rail Loop project linking middle-ring suburbs will spark a jobs and high-rise population boom, helping to ease Melbourne’s “unsustainable” urban sprawl.

Suburbs such as Cheltenham, Glen Waverley and Box Hill will be transformed, as Melbourne leapfrogs Sydney as Australia’s biggest city by early 2027, and marches towards a population of nine million by 2056.

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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.