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Regional Australia Institute pushes for regional population to grow by 500,000

Without taking any action regional Australian towns and cities will grow by more than one million people over the next 10 years, but a major national body wants to push that number up higher.

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) think tank's 2032 strategy includes a goal of adding 500,000 extra people to the regions, many of whom would be encouraged to leave their capital city homes.

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