Why isn't Australia building cities in the desert and only on the coasts?

 https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-Australia-building-cities-in-the-desert-and-only-on-the-coasts-To-my-knowledge-the-USA-has-plenty-of-desert-cities-so-why-not-here

Deserts and oceans...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/demographer-calls-on-australians-to-embrace-desert-change/7384346

Area	3,237,500 km2 (1,250,000 sq mi)
Population	86,222,000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula Like Australia, there are deserts and seawater.

Cities can flourish in the desert, if properly planned or upgraded.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/02/fast-growth-in-desert-southwest-continues.html

https://ryderwalker.com/blog/destinations/western-u-s-desert-southwest