Is faster-than-expected population growth good for the economy?

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Sydney Running Festival 2015 Source: AAP

Early this morning Australia's population hit a milestone - 24 million.


The Australian Bureau of Statistics says that figure comes 17 years earlier than was predicted in the late 1990s.

 

Experts say planning must begin immediately for a bigger Australia.

 

 


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