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Mambourin is a growing suburb on Melbourne’s western fringe.

Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

The western suburbs are changing and growing. Whoever can meet the region’s needs and expectations of services and infrastructure is likely to reap huge rewards.

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From left: Anushka Bharath, Bharath Chellaya, Gisha Bharath and Akansha Bharath outside their Manor Lakes home. They plan to move to Mambourin.

It was once declared ‘unpopular for living’. Now it’s Australia’s fastest-growing region

The Age explores what’s driving the boom in Melbourne’s western suburbs, and challenges some of the common assumptions about the area.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey and Patrick Hatch
The nation is expected to add 4.1m residents over the next decade, according to new forecasts.

More migrants, fewer babies as population heads for 31.3 million

Australia is expected to be home to an extra 4.1 million people by the middle of the next decade, despite falling fertility and an increase in deaths.

  • Shane Wright
Australia has recorded the largest ever quarterly fall in net overseas migration – outside the COVID pandemic.

Migrant arrivals are finally dropping. But departures are still a big issue

A surge in immigrants calling Australia home is coming to an end. Despite the slowdown, Australia’s population grew by 552,000 over the past year.

  • Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
Regional areas around Sydney, such as Wilton in the Wollondilly Shire, are rapidly expanding.

The booming areas that will bear the brunt of NSW’s population surge

The number of residents living outside Sydney will spiral higher in the next two decades, triggering calls for infrastructure to keep up with growing demand.

  • Megan Gorrey and Nigel Gladstone
Sydney suburbs.

Will your suburb shrink or grow? These charts have the answer

Sydney will add about 1 million people by 2041. Here’s where they’ll end up.

  • Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
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The Brisbane suburbs shrinking the fastest.

Where have the kids gone? Brisbane’s shrinking suburbs revealed

As Brisbane’s population booms, something strange is happening in one pocket of the city – the number of residents is shrinking.

  • Marissa Calligeros and William Davis
Index for Jordan Baker piece on Sydney poverty rates

The parts of Sydney where one child in five lives in poverty

The NSW Council of Social Service says the benefits of reforms introduced by Bob Hawke in the 1980s are being eroded.

  • Jordan Baker
Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says tax reform would be important in a hung parliament.

The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament

The Independent MP says the tax system punishes the next generation. She wants changes before she backs a new government.

  • Shane Wright

As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney, I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing

Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.

  • Michael Koziol

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