So if you have a figure of over 300,000 that means a lot of returning residents entered Australia that year.
Not my figures, it’s right there in the ABS data. It might include more Australians returning, but that’s part of the NOM calculation. That year we had population growth that practically added another Canberra to our total (we’re now doing that every two years ,roughly), do you see that equivalent level of infrastructure being built? No? Then that effects people’s quality of life, and usually it’s disproportionately affecting the poorer demographics that rely on the Public Transport, Public Schools and Public hospitals, etc, to a greater extent.
There are certainly ways to get the incoming migrants to settle in other areas
We have been trying this as a country for at least a Century in various forms. It doesn’t work. People are always going to migrate to Sydney and Melbourne (and other capitals) in greater numbers, exacerbating congestion issues.
Moderation of the migration program back to historic norms would allow the States to catch up and, more or less keep up.
sorry if that offends you
What? Seriously?