Sydney drags the chain on growth Sydney Morning Herald POPULATION growth in NSW has slumped to a five-year low, robbing the economy of momentum. The population rose by 1.1 per cent to 7.3 million last financial year but that rate of increase was below the national average and well down on the previous year ... Growing city is in rental crisis as population boom puts pressure on housing Sydney rents skyrocket in housing crisis NSW needs to move on infrastructure |