Ross Gittens remains to be convinced that a Big Australia would be better either for our material living standards or environment.
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New apartment settlements are on track to fall to 20,000 next year, a seven-year low, unless investors return and boost the sluggish pace of development.
International students have been approved to return to NSW as soon as August as part of a new plan pushed by the state’s university sector.
Only seven per cent of aspiring international students say they would continue with Australian courses if they're fully online, according to a new survey.
Some analysts are warning that Australia's multi-decade property boom may be about to end, but most agree that will not happen this year.
A leading economic think tank says Australia’s migration program needs imminent overhaul to better attract skilled migrants
A new report has warned that international travel for Australians is likely to remain restrictive until 2024.
The rate of net overseas migration has plummeted enough to overcome the rate of births, leaving Australia with less people in it than before.
AMP Capital’s chief economist warned that rebooting mass immigration would give more legs to the property price boom.
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