Sustaining the City: Sydney 2025 and Beyond: Speech to the Committee for Sydney Forum

16 May 2013
Population and Cities Speech

In this address to the Committee for Sydney Forum, Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Katie Lahey explains why:

  • population is so important to Australia’s future
  • we need new thinking that encourages sustained and managed population growth in the 21st-century knowledge economy
  • a mature and informed debate on Sydney’s population is vital not just to the city but also to Australia’s ongoing prosperity.

Sustaining the City: Speech by Katie Lahey to the Committee for Sydney Forum

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