​​The Stats Guy: Battle of the population forecasters: Yes, size matters

Two sets of figures paint a picture of two very different Australias. Photo: TND/Getty

The Centre for Population is part of the Treasury and publishes, you guessed it, population-related data and research.

The Centre’s population forecasts and projections are used in Treasury’s macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts and, most importantly, in the federal budget. In some godforsaken appendix of the budget, we can find an assumption about future net overseas migration figures.