Australia's fastest growing states are revealed as Covid and border closures ...
Australia's FASTEST growing states are revealed but one is on the nose with residents fleeing in droves - so can you guess which one it is? Australia's population grew by just 0.1 per according to latest ABS data There were 293,500 births and 162,500 deaths in the year to March Net overseas migration was down by 334,000 compared with the previous year The states hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic suffered the biggest drops
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Australia's population barely grew in the year to March due to the impact of international border closures on overseas migration.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said Australia's population grew by just 0.1 per cent, or 35,700 people, to 25.7 million, in contrast to the 1.5 per cent growth recorded in the 2019 calendar year.
The states hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic suffered the biggest drops in population growth.
Victoria, where Melbourne is on track to be the most locked down city in the world, had 6,648,564 people - down 0.6 per cent.
NSW, which
