Secretary of population and Urban Affairs Tucker claimed to support "Greater Australia." (photo by Sydney Morning Herald)
(Alan Tudge), Australia`s new population and city minister, recently told the media that he is a supporter of the "Greater Australia (Big Australia)" policy and will strive to create a "larger Australia" with a higher level of urban decentralization. At the same time focus on dealing with the main capital city congestion problem.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the (Scott Morrison) government has shifted its focus on reducing immigration to the distribution of new immigrants. The Soyuz party has been accused of overcrowded roads and infrastructure overburdened by immigrants. Tucci recently refuted the allegations and told reporters he had never thought for a second that it was the fault of immigrants.
Asked what he thought about the scrapped Great Australia strategy advocated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Kevin Rudd), which introduced immigration in large numbers to boost Australia`s population growth, Tucci said he was very supportive of promoting population growth. "I think Australia has more room to become, and we can do better by promoting wider population distribution."
The new population and cities minister has announced plans to drain potential migrants from Sydney and Melbourne to remote areas and put infrastructure issues ahead of population growth to ease traffic jams in big cities. But he said no specific plans had been drawn up to comment on state housing density-related policies.
Mr. Tucker said he was committed to addressing the problem of urban congestion, "focusing on the formulation of population policies," and would seek the views of experts and scholars, including supporters and opponents of high population growth rates.
The media recently reported that the Mosuisse government would consider introducing measures that would require new immigrants to live outside Sydney and Melbourne for more than five years. Mr Tucker did not comment, but said Australia should indeed pay attention to the distribution of migrants, citing West Sydney, which is about to build a new airport, as an example of urban decentralization.
Mr. Tucker said West Sydney has attracted a large number of new immigrants, whose goal is to address infrastructure, employment and housing problems in the region once and for all, so that people can live and work in the West Sydney area.
(ao Youmei)
