Originally Posted by
ExtraShot
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.
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.
What? Seriously?
The population growth of Australia is planned at 2% per year (for a long time), of course the numbers must then get bigger.
Your data does not support 3-4 times unless you pick a selected year or a lull period not an average over time .
Why not refuse the Australians that decided to leave Australia and not contribute to the country's growth in infrastructure by paying taxes here, that right to return then?
See over the past 20 years millions of us have left Australia to make good money in other countries and not paid any taxes here - yet we expect the place to improve and grow in our absence. If you leave a house for 20 years it will be in very poor shape when you return. If you rent that house it will not be as bad but it will not be improved.
Australia has for years been renting infrastructure, Sydney and Melbourne airports are prime examples and will not be improved.
There are options to have new immigrants move to places other than Sydney and Melbourne. There are incentives such as the new SA ones and then there can be penalties ones such as employer fees for sponsorship of skilled workers on a sliding scale. Need a doctor in Exmouth fee $300 want a doctor in Sydney $4,000,000 all per year, 4 years Tr then 4 years renewable after 8 years
Pr grant and they can live where they want.
You would get a few specialist doctors still going to Sydney at $4M per year but not just every doctor that wishes to live in Australia. After 8 years in Exmouth you could never live in Sydney.