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Queensland Plans Three New CitiesLisa Valentine | Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 at 12:46 pm

Queensland's new cities will be between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
The Australian state of Queensland has come up with a novel idea to tackle the problem of population expansion – build new cities!

The planned cities will be built in the southwest of Queensland in three greenfield areas which will become homes to 250,000 people. Those areas are being named as Ripley Valley, Greater Flagstone and Yarrabilba and construction work could begin as soon as next year.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh gives the idea her backing saying that the “model cities” would enable communities to develop and grow.

However environmental agencies will be horrified to learn of the plans to build on greenfield sites and also of the impact of any new major development which will surely increase Australia’s carbon footprint. The plans go against the advice of the Southeast Queensland Regional Plan which recommended that most new homes be built in existing suburbs rather than creating new ones that could just add to the urban sprawl.

The plans are all part of the Australian Government’s Growth Management summit which seeks to implement a good infrastructure to deal with Australia’s rapidly increasing population. In Queensland alone this growth is projected to reach 4.4 million by 2031.

The population growth has largely been blamed on immigrants arriving in Australia, whether they be refugee or skilled migrants wanting to work in Australia. The opposition party want to reverse this trend by putting a cap on immigration and encouraging women to have fewer babies. However it was the Liberal government who introduced the baby bonus back in 2002 that actively encouraged women to have children who would, in theory, support an ageing population.

There is no doubt that the Australian government has to tackle the problem of population growth and this could be left in the hands of whoever wins the vote later this year. The problem Australia has it that its prosperity has been built on immigration. The business industry relies on skilled migrants entering the workforce and in many cases, doing work that local Australians don’t want to do. But with Australia having such a fragile and unique ecosystem, any population expansion needs to be handled sensitively. Such a juggling act could prove too much for any government and the likelihood is that either immigration or the environment will have to pay the price.

mql3461

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zhengwei1984

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nirvanall

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就知道喊这不行那不行.