Our growing big cities need new centres of employment – here's Melbourne's chance
- Written by Rodney Maddock, Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University
Jobs are in the city centre, but population growth is in the west, resulting in long, slow commutes.AMPG/Shutterstock
Melbourne has a serious problem. Most of its job growth is in the CBD, yet most of its population growth is at the far extremes of the city. It’s the same in other big Australian cities, like Sydney.
Getting people to work is...
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