ACT election 2020: Slow population growth challenges Liberals' promises

Jasper Lindell
September 27 2020 - 12:00am
Canberra Liberals leader Alistair Coe, who says the ACT needs to attract people back from over the NSW border. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Canberra Liberals leader Alistair Coe, who says the ACT needs to attract people back from over the NSW border. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The population of the ACT grew slower than the national average in the year to March, putting further pressure on the Canberra Liberals who claim their election promises will be funded by an increase in the number of people living in the ACT.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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