This is the wonderful world of capitalism in action. How foolish are those among us who choose to question it. He wrongly and unfairly blames the NSW Government. The truth is that the intolerable stress is a reflection of the lack of vision of successive Federal governments. Annual decisions on immigration without concern for long-term consequences have resulted in Sydney's growth to an overpopulated, overdeveloped, environmentally and socially stressed metropolis of 4 million people.
Urban consolidation is the battlefield.
The Federal Government response is to continue with net overseas migration around six figures, with a majority of migrants settling in Sydney. It is beyond time for a population policy for Australia that takes into account the long-term environmental consequences of annual decisions on immigration. Geoff Grace, Hunters Hill. It is most encouraging to learn from John Brogden's article that some of our political representatives are beginning to focus on the real culprits of the planning disaster facing Sydney. The latest example of DUAP bullying occurred last week.