Population growth is steady, despite the rhetoric |
Population and immigration were hot issues even before the terrible attacks at Bondi.
Before the rhetoric heats up even more, let’s stop, take a deep breath and have a look at what the facts say.
Fortunately, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released the latest population numbers. So, let’s dig and have a look at exactly what is happening to the Australian population.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that, along with so much else, the Covid-19 pandemic upended population growth.
When the borders shut in 2020, population growth dropped to its lowest level since federation.
Those who weren’t citizens or permanent residents could no longer enter the country, and many of those who were already in Australia, were forced to leave when the shutdowns ended any possibility of earning a........