Dr Liz Allen is a demographer at the ANU Centre for social research and methods. She is the author of The Future of Us: Demography Gets a Makeover.
The census has shown that Australians are adapting and finding solutions to difficult problems that government policies are failing to address.
It’s not as easy as reopening the borders. We’ll have stiff competition for skilled migrants - and Australia has lost its sheen.
I worry about the future of this country when even the most basic of needs – housing – is out of reach.