Australia currently has a population of just over twenty-two and a half million people.  Some suggest this is already too many people, and Australia can’t fit any more people without destroying our environment, and building infrastructure for more people will just make things worse.

Today, the ‘race that stops the nation’ – the Melbourne Cup – was run in Australia, as it is every year. It involves betting on which out of 24 horses can be in front after running 3,200 metres.  Over $110 million dollars was gambled on that one race  - about five dollars per person, and more than the weekly minimum wage in our neighbouring country of Indonesia.

I’d be interested in any comments from readers outside of Australia about whether they believe this country is already overloaded.