Centre for Population & Urban Research (CPUR)

Population growth: what do Australian voters want?

Katharine Betts

People and Place, vol. 18, no. 1, 2010

Immigration-fuelled population growth has accelerated under the Rudd Government. Recent projections suggest that Australia may grow from its current 22 million to 35.9 million by 2050. This prospect has sparked a public debate about the country’s demographic future. If population growth were to become an election issue how would Australian voters respond?

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