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The population inflow that will be generated by China's demand for our raw materials is set to transform Australia and our cities over the next several decades. Pressure for our cities to end up looking more like Asian cities, with their much higher apartment living densities, already is producing planning tensions in Sydney's leafy northern suburbs.
Where will these 13 million people live: in our current major cities and regional centres, or in cities we haven't yet even started to build?" Treasury secretary Ken Henry asked last week. Sydney and Melbourne could grow from 4.5 million and four million to cities of nearly seven million people, he said. Brisbane could more than double to four million people 40 years from now.
