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Overloading Australia

 This page is intended for use by Mark O’Connor to update the statistics contained in the Book Overloading Australia: How Governments and the Media dither and deny on population”.   It can also be used for errata or to provide a page of additional material.

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“Population and ageing: disaster or triumph?”

Following the SPA AGM held in Adelaide on the 7th March this year (2015) the organisers ‘treated’ the public and the assembled members to a symposium titled “Population and Ageing: Disaster or Triumph?” Three speakers, Dr Katharine Betts, Dr. Jane O’Sullivan and Associate Professor Philip Lawn delivered powerful presentations examining the current debate on population aging.

The Powerpoint presentations accompanying each talk have been made available by each speaker and are attached here as PDF’s and links ae provided to the video presentations of each. You are encourged to download for use in personal research.

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‘Skeptics in a pub’ meeting powerpoint produced as a PDF

The issue of human population has become the “elephant in the room”: huge but ignored by so many. In fact, human numbers count and count decisively. Uniquely, population is the multiplier of all. Without a humane resolution to the problem of population growth, all other causes will, sooner or later, become lost causes. It is high time to face the challenge and refute the many myths that surround it. Powerpoint presentation held at The Bridge Hotel Castle Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Wednesday, May 14 2014.

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights must be prioritized in South asia

Parliamentarians from South Asia committed yesterday to prioritize people’s health and welfare through meeting their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs, particularly those of women and young people.
Meeting in Bangkok, MPs discussed ways to reduce the unacceptably high maternal mortality rate in South Asian countries and how to tackle problems relating to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal having the highest birth rates among adolescents.

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