What happened to Albo’s “mature” population debate?
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Let’s take a walk down memory lane.
It is 2019 and Anthony Albanese is leader of the opposition Labor Party after the Morrison Government won a shock third term.
An Infrastructure Australia (IA) report has just been released showing that governments would have to find $40 billion a year to cope with population forecasts of more than 30 million people by 2034.

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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.
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