Australian visa holders to ease city congestion
July 12 2010 by Liam Clifford
New plans are emerging in Australia to direct new immigrants to certain locations to help ease urban congestion.
Tony Burke, the Sustainable Population Minister, has
outlined plans for new cities and bigger regional capitals, to help control
urban sprawl and congestion problems.
He explained to Sky News that
certain cities are over-populated as a result of the fact that immigrating to
Australia has been so popular and easy for many generations. He says there is
now a need to direct newcomers moving to Australia to areas of Western Australia
where new communities can be built.
He also mentioned that directing
newcomers to places like Townsville and other cities that can become a 'second
tier' beyond the existing major capitals like Sydney and Melbourne. Burke spoke
positively about, "places like Townsville and the vision that the Queensland
government has of effectively establishing a second capital in the
north."
The new approach to town planning comes in response to Prime
Minister Julia Gillard’s outlook on Australian immigration. She claims she does
not want the population of the country to reach the 40 million point predicted.
However, she has so far failed to set new targets in terms of population growth,
or change Australian immigration restrictions to reduce the number of people
moving to Australia.
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