When will policy makers recognise that Australia’s major cities cannot cope with the extreme population projections of the federal government?
Take Sydney, for example, which is Australia’s largest city and one of two key landing points for migrants (the other being Melbourne).
Sydney’s rents have exploded in response to the recent record net overseas migration (NOM):
And Sydney homelessness is on the rise:
Sydneysiders have been told to conserve water amid soaring demand and limited supply.
“Sydney’s running out of water” and “the problem will get worse as climate change triggers more intense and frequent extreme weather, and our population booms”, The SMH reported in September.
Sydney’s water “demands [are] already exceed our supply”, said Stuart Khan, a professor at the University of NSW.
“We need to build more desalination plants”, he said. But “we can’t pump water from the coast to western Sydney: it would have to go under roads, under an entire city. That is simply not a realistic option”.
Now Sydneysiders are being told to reduce electricity use amid hot weather and supply shortages:
“The state government has urged Sydneysiders to limit electricity use in the evening with energy reserves “under pressure””, The SMH reported on Thursday.
“Every small bit of action that we can take will make it much easier to make sure that the grid stays on”.
Why do policy makers insist on growing Sydney’s (Australia’s) population like a science experiment through mass immigration when everything – housing, water, energy supplies, and infrastructure – are already stretched to breaking point?
Australia is government by morons, supported by a corrupt media.
