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Simon Kuestenmacher, dubbed the “Stats Guy”, is a well-known immigration shill. For years, he has spread propaganda to support a ‘Big Australia’.
The Centre for Population’s latest projections have Australia’s population ballooning to 41 million by 2065-66 – an increase of more than 13 million that is roughly equivalent to adding another Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.
The lion’s share of this growth is projected to occur in the capital cities, which are projected to balloon by 10.85 million people by 2065-66.
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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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