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朱丽亚总理申明她不相信“大澳大利亚”，这是第一个与陆克文时代严重背离的政策。
她说澳大利亚不应该急速奔向人口突增。
“我不支持大澳大利亚即所谓多于4千万或者说超过3千6百万人口的澳大利亚。我们需要停下我们的脚步，审视并为澳大利亚制定可负担的发展规划。”
澳大利亚持续增长的人口已经成为政治敏感议题，朱丽亚总理已经指令由陆克文任命的人口部长Tony Burke的职责从如何在大澳大利亚政策下为人口增长寻找策略转为制定可负担的人口政策。
朱丽亚认为移民定居的地区不均衡性导致澳大利亚某些地方缺劳动力，而有些地方则缺乏足够的工作。早些时候她已经建议政府有关部门对现行移民政策进行审视，具有地区针对性的移民政策或有可能出台。
但是，任何控制人口增长的政策都将影响到移民的数量，若大幅削减移民数量将遭到工商业界的反对。
Gillard rejects 'big Australia' JOSH GORDON
June 27, 2010
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has declared she does not believe in a ''big Australia'', signalling a major shift in policy on the nation's burgeoning population growth.
In her first significant policy break from the Rudd-era, Ms Gillard said the nation should not ''hurtle down the track towards a big population''.
''I don't support the idea of a big Australia with arbitrary targets of, say, a 40 million-strong Australia or a 36 million-strong Australia. We need to stop, take a breath and develop policies for a sustainable Australia.
''I support a population that our environment, our water, our soil, our roads and freeways, our busses, our trains and our services can sustain.''
Australia's growing population has become a politically sensitive issue, and Ms Gillard pointedly targeted her comments to marginal voters in outer suburban seats.
''If you spoke to the people of Western Sydney, for example, about a big Australia,'' she said, ''they would laugh at you and ask you a very simple question: where will these 40 million people go?''
Treasury's Intergenerational Report earlier this year predicted Australia's population would rise from about 22 million to 35.9 million in 2050 if current trends in overseas migration and fertility continued, with immigration by far the biggest contributor. Melbourne was predicted to hit 7 million people, and Sydney would grow to more than 7.5 million.
The report caused widespread unease about whether big cities, now straining under inadequate infrastructure, could cope.
Then prime minister Kevin Rudd backed away from his earlier comment that he favoured a ''big Australia'' by appointing Tony Burke as Population Minister to develop a strategy.
Ms Gillard said Mr Burke's job description would now change to ''send a very clear message about this new direction''. He would now be known as the Minister for Sustainable Population.
Although Ms Gillard stressed her belief that population growth should be limited was ''not about bringing down the shutters in immigration'', any move to lower current rates would involve taking in significantly fewer immigrants.
Last year, overseas migration added almost 300,000 people - about double the rate of natural increase accounted for by births and deaths.
Australia's population has been growing faster than some developing countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
''It is a debate about planning affected by many factors, water supply, open space, infrastructure, ensuring the appropriate tax base to support our ageing population … the need for skills and the need to preserve a good quality of life,'' the new PM said.
The opposition has no clear policy on immigration levels, but immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has suggested 300,000 a year is too high. It has also tried to link the population debate to a rise in the number of boats carrying asylum seekers. Ms Gillard will face new scrutiny over the government's policies after another boatload was intercepted near Christmas Island last night. Ninety-six asylum seekers and three crew were aboard.
Earlier, Ms Gillard suggested the government could pursue different immigration policies for different parts of the country.
''Australia has this very difficult problem - parts of Australia are desperate for workers, but other parts are desperate for jobs.
''Having a smart and sustainable population, coupled with the right skills strategy, will help improve this imbalance.''
Any move to cut significantly Australia's migration intake would anger business groups, which support strong population growth to keep the economy growing and fix skills shortages.
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