How is Tasmania coping with its booming population? | ABC News

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Published 2019-05-26

Australia’s once sleepy island state is in the midst of a population boom, and it’s showing no signs of abating. How is Tasmania, and its capital Hobart, coping with the pressures its growth spurt is putting on traffic, housing and jobs, and who’s being left behind?

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0:00 Welcome to our population growth special
0:20 Fixing Hobart's congestion woes
4:53 Population growth: a tale of two cities
8:54 Housing affordability
13:52 Migration and growth
18:58 The changing face of St Mary's

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