Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?
- Written by Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney
The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australia’s population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities to catch up on infrastructure shortfalls that developed before the pandemic?
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