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Who voted for a Melbourne of 10 million people?

It took Melbourne 170 years to grow to a population of 3.7 million in 2005. In 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Population Projections 2002 to 2101, which included a baseline (Series B) forecast of Australia’s population reaching 26.4 million by 2051, based on an assumed net overseas migration (NOM) of 100,000 The post Who voted for a Melbourne of 10 million people?…

macrobusiness.com.au ·2026-08-27

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