In assembling the program for a summit on Sydney’s growing population some will say that the Herald has dodged the key issue of whether population will or should grow at all.

The Population Summit featured a distinguished list of politicians, planners and business people. They all in their own way followed the broad theme of planning minister Rob Stokes speech which was “perspective on a growing population.”

With Sydney’s population forecast to grow from 4.7 million to around 8 million by 2056 they all talked about how we can ensure that Sydney remains a liveable efficient world city.

Yet as concerns grow about the congestion in our cities, some say it is time to turn off the tap and stop people coming here.

Before the last election, Premier Gladys Berejiklian called for a dramatic cut in migrant numbers to buy time so she could build the infrastructure to fit them in.