https://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...d4177d0ff57c7c

ENTREPRENEUR Dick Smith has ripped into a plan to turn Sydney into a mega city with three CBDs, saying immigration had caused a “jam” across Australia.

A series of reports on ABC’s7.30this week explored the bold plan — developed by politicians and urban planners — to split the NSW capital in three to deal with a growing population.

Australia will have a population of 40 million by 2050, according to the report.

Despite a falling birthrate, the population will boom thanks to migration and an ageing population.

The western Sydney suburb of Parramatta is being touted as Sydney’s second CBD, a model Smith slammed as “destroying Australia as we know it today”.

He said Parramatta was being littered with ugly high-rise apartments.

“We’re putting our kids in termite mounds,” Smith told7.30.

“Parramatta is going to be used as a model for other suburban areas and it’s complete madness.”

The Aussiemite entrepreneur said the time of “endless growth” had to be halted.

“The plan of every political party is to have growth (but) they don’t actually tell you the truth; they mean endless growth,” Smith told7.30.

“Endless growth isn’t possible.”

While he admitted he had personally “benefited incredibly” from population growth, he said endless growth was impossible for Australia.
Love Dick Smith, he can admit to benefiting from this economic and population growth but still condemn the bad side effects.

What do you think of Sydney being turned into a mega city and this whole "big Australia" movement they've been pushing more and more since 2010?

I am very much against it, I want Sydney and Australia to stay small.

Discuss.