State government pro-growth strategy is driving the water crisis (MAR)
Rapidly diminishing water, congested roads, vanishing green and open spaces
and insufficient recreational infrastructure are the hallmarks of the State Government’s
pro-growth strategy.
Mr Simon Baltais, President of Sustainable Population Australia SEQ Branch
said, “Since when is rapid population growth, which is so eagerly sought after by the
State Government, a solution to SEQ’s water crisis?”
“It was the State Government who advertised and encouraged interstate
migration. It was the State Government that opened up hundreds hectares of land for
residential development through their SEQ Regional Plan. They cannot deny they
were one of the perpetrators of this growth,” said Mr Baltais.
The SEQ community is expected to assist in water conservation and accept
increasingly diminishing standards of living, yet any saving made through their efforts
is quickly lost to an increasing population. While property developers get richer, the
residents of SEQ are becoming poorer, losing their quality of life.
“If the State Government had any thought for the future well being of current
and future residents of SEQ it would end its pipe dream of endless growth.”
Simon Baltais, President, SPA-SEQ Branch, Mb: 0412 075 334
Sustainable Population Australia – SEQ Branch, Box 199, Mudgeeraba Qld 4213