That this House notes that:

(1)   the Intergenerational Report predicts Australia’s population may reach 35.9 million by 2050;

(2)   population growth continues to be centred around Australia’s capital cities;

(3)   the electorate of Oxley contains parts of Ipswich East, one of the statistical areas that has seen the largest population increases in Australia between 2004 and 2009;

(4)   continuing population growth is placing pressure on the sustainability of Australian cities and the lifestyles of their residents;

(5)   a ‘business as usual’ approach to planning and development will no longer be sufficient for the future needs of Australian cities;

(6)   building Sustainable Cities must become a policy priority for all levels of government; and

(7)   the future sustainability of Australian cities must include a need to ‘decentralise’ the capital cities and encourage major employers, such as government department, to regional and outer urban centres.