Chapter 269 Good News About Population

Seeing Arthur's emphasis on the construction of sports stadiums, the cabinet members naturally did not dare to be careless.

After a week of discussion and preliminary planning, the specific plan for the construction of sports stadiums was finally discussed.

First of all, the size of the sports stadium. Under Arthur's insistence, the capacity of the sports stadium has become a maximum of 50,000 people.

This will be a super-large sports stadium. The address of the stadium is arranged in the north of the capital territory, very close to Newcastle. There are enough large plains here to build sports stadiums.

In order to take care of the needs of the Olympics, many venues will be built inside the sports stadium to meet the needs of the Olympics at that time.

Regarding the naming of the new sports stadium, after asking Arthur for his opinion, the cabinet named the new venue the National Stadium of Australia.

After all, this Olympic Games is to enhance the reputation and international influence of Australia and Australia. Starting from the sports stadium, advertising for Australia and Australia can be regarded as confirming the original intention of the Olympic Games.

After the preliminary construction plan was determined, the cabinet government decided to initially allocate 10 million Australian dollars to build a new stadium in two years, and invited construction companies to undertake the major modules of the stadium.

Australasia is open to all the domestic and foreign construction companies that come one after another.

But the government's requirements are also very strict. If there are any problems in the construction of the Olympic venues, it will rise to a dispute between countries, and the person in charge of the construction company will be sentenced by the Australasia government.

You know, the laws in Australasia are relatively strict, which is also a major means for the government to punish criminal cases.

After all, the civilians in Australasia can eat and wear warm clothes. Those who commit crimes in Australasia are often habitual criminals and desperate people who can't be saved at all.

These people are of no use to the development of Australasia, and may even hinder the development of the country and social stability.

The strict laws are used to punish them. The more serious criminal cases are basically the death penalty, and they are all hanging or shooting.

According to rough statistics from the public security department, from the establishment of Australia in 1900 to the end of 1909, in the past ten years, more than 3,100 people have been sentenced to death in the Australasia region, of which more than 2,000 are vicious people who have killed people.

After the execution of more than 3,000 people, the crime rate in Australasia has dropped more than 20 times compared to 1900, and there are few homicides in major cities.

After the government made public the news of the construction of the stadium, the construction of the stadium also attracted the attention and support of a large number of Australasia people.

This is not because of Arthur's high morale, but because after the Australasia people have enough food and clothing, they have a lot of mood and time to do other entertainment.

However, there are not many entertainment environments and entertainment facilities in Australasia at present. Because the government has gradually begun to control the sale and circulation of large weapons, it is not realistic for the civilian inferior pistols to be used for hunting, so hunting, one of the few entertainment methods, has gradually fallen out of the mainstream.

But it is worth mentioning that because all the major factories in Australasia have strictly implemented a ten-hour work system, and several factories of the royal family have even implemented an eight-hour work system, people have a lot of free time to squander. Under the premise that all kinds of entertainment facilities are unlikely, making a baby has become a helpless choice for a considerable number of Australasia people.

In addition, the government has been very encouraging of childbirth in recent years. Every child born will be rewarded with a sum of money, and the education and life of all children in multi-child families before adulthood are guaranteed.

This has led to the fact that Australasians are not opposed to childbirth. Even if it works well, having more children can create additional income for the family, which is equivalent to having one more labor force to earn money in the family.

At present, the increase of more than 100,000 newborns in Australia every year is the best proof, which is also one of the reasons for the rising population growth rate in Australia.

How much support do the people have for the new stadium? Even before the construction of the stadium really started, a large number of Australasian people have spontaneously gone to the planned area of ​​the stadium, intending to flatten the land in the stadium area to facilitate future construction.

However, such actions were quickly stopped. After all, although flattening the construction area is necessary before construction, there is no need to waste such precious labor.

Aren’t these hard and tiring jobs done with the indigenous people? Anyway, for Australia, the indigenous people are the least valuable. Who would care if tens of thousands of people died a year?

Time passed quickly. Before the stadium officially started construction, it was already January 1910.

Instead, he attached great importance to this year's annual report summary meeting. After all, Arthur did not handle government affairs properly throughout 1909. It was time to thoroughly grasp the development of the country and lay out the next few years.

According to history, the outbreak of World War I should be a few years away. But who can guarantee that the world's progress will develop as history has done? What if the war breaks out tomorrow?

It was also with the attitude of preparing in advance that Arthur decided to remind the government to prepare for the super war that might break out in the European continent in the future.

Before the cabinet meeting, Arthur announced an appointment, appointing Kent's second son, Hunter, the younger brother of Prime Minister Kent, as Minister of Royal Affairs, which is the last vacant seat in the cabinet.

This appointment was a bit sudden, but it seemed natural to everyone in the cabinet.

The position of Minister of Royal Affairs is destined to be held by Arthur's absolute confidant, and no one else has the qualifications to get involved.

If we talk about Arthur's absolute confidant, Kent is definitely one of them, and he is the first choice.

It's just that Kent's butler has already served as the butler of the princes and is responsible for managing the affairs of the royal consortium.

Even if Kent is given the position of Minister of Royal Affairs, it will only make Kent's position sound better, and the actual power and role will not change.

And it is reasonable for Kent's second son Hunter to replace his father Kent as Minister of Royal Affairs.

After all, positions like the palace butler are basically hereditary unless there are any accidents.

The family that controls the position of the palace butler is generally the most trusted family of the monarch. Although it sounds like just a servant, in an autocratic monarchy like Australasia, the power of Kent Butler is not much less than that of a cabinet member.

It is not an exaggeration to say that when choosing between a cabinet member and Kent Butler, Arthur will choose Kent Butler without hesitation.

The reason is that Arthur can ensure that Kent Butler is absolutely loyal to him. Even if it is not a joke, if Arthur thinks that Kent Butler is useless, Kent Butler will not say a word if he lets Kent Butler die.

As the second son of Kent Butler, Hunter is destined to inherit Kent Butler's mantle and become the next palace butler under the premise that his brother goes to politics.

Therefore, the position of Minister of Royal Affairs is also suitable for Hunter, which can also make him familiar with the feeling of working for Arthur in advance, and can also accept the teachings of Kent Butler at any time.

As for the fact that Kent, Kent, Kent the Secretary of State, and Hunter the Minister of Royal Affairs have all become prominent cabinet ministers or palace butlers, Arthur is not worried at all whether their families will have great power and threaten the royal power or give birth to other ideas.

Not to mention that the power of Hunter's family comes from the royal family, and they cannot have real power without the royal family. Arthur trusts the loyalty of Kent's family alone.

Moreover, the Royal Security Intelligence Service is not a vegetarian. After such a long period of development, if it cannot control the intelligence of the entire palace and protect the safety of the royal family, then the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Service should be replaced.

Hunter also attended the cabinet meeting this time and was congratulated by the cabinet ministers.

For the future palace butler who is basically set in stone, the cabinet still wants to have a good relationship.

Although Hunter has just come of age, by the time Hunter becomes the palace butler, they are likely to have left the political arena.

If something happens, you can ask Hunter for help by relying on your familiar face, right?

The cabinet meeting lasted a whole day, and Arthur was thoroughly informed of the current development of Australasia in all aspects.

Even several newly added positions were reported, which also made Arthur more aware of the current judicial and religious situation in Australasia.

Overall, the development of Australasia is still going smoothly, and the population growth is also very gratifying.

As of January 1910, the total population of Australasia has exceeded 8.52 million, which is getting closer and closer to the goal of a regional power of 10 million people proposed by Arthur at that time.

Among them, the population of Australia is nearly 7 million, and the population of New Zealand is about 1.5 million. The population of the New Guinea colony has exceeded 50,000, and the specific number is about 52,150.

The population of the smallest Australian Timor has also exceeded 13,500, which is also the result of the two colonies constantly establishing various policies to attract immigrants.

From the perspective of population structure, British immigrants account for 69.7% of the total population of Australasia, Germans account for 12.1%, Russians account for 11.9%, and other populations account for 6.3%.

From the population structure, it can also be seen that the largest population in Australasia is still British immigrants, with a total number of 5.94 million.

The second and third largest populations are Germans and Russians, with numbers of 1.03 million and 1.01 million respectively.

This also shows the current strength of European countries' immigration to Australasia, and most of Australasia's population growth also depends on these European immigrants.

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