During two weeks in April 2023 from the last day of Easter, SPA advertised on two huge digital roadside billboards in central Brisbane. Busy commuters returning to work (in both directions) saw a striking image with the message “What’s a Sustainable Population, Australia?” in a speech bubble from a crowded street. A …
Sustainable Population Australia has enjoyed a very successful recent run in the media. The Australian Associated Press (AAP) interviewed two members of our executive committee, Jenny Goldie (national president) and Dr. Jane O’Sullivan. The resulting article, “Sick environment puts population in focus” was published on Saturday the 08th of October across nearly …
Increased immigration won’t fix jobs and skills Make your voice heard and demand our politicians do not put us back on the road of high population growth with all its pressures the environment, congestion and housing affordability. Demand that the government not ramp up immigration to the red-hot levels (200,000+) we had before the pandemic …
Sustainable Population Australia has been busy in response to Earth Overshoot Day, which falls on July 28th. According to the Earth Overshoot press release: “Each year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerates during the entire year. Humanity currently uses 75% more than what the …
Federal parliament is set to resume, and with a change of government. The business lobby is pushing hard to ramp up immigration to unprecedented levels, spruiking permanent migration targets of 220,000. Now is the time to send a strong message to our federal MPs and Senators: please do not return us to the old days …
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Jenny Goldie SPA president gave a talk on July 13th 2022 to the ANU Emeritus Faculty on our Fenner Conference in July 2022. The slides from the presentation can be found below: MAKING AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE_ANUEF talk July 2022
SPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Tye as our new Social Media and Promotions Coordinator. Martin is passionate about the population issue and is a long-time member of SPA. He describes himself as a committed environmentalist who has a strong understanding of how population, economics and ecosystems inter-relate. In addition, …
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) recently teamed up with online news site YourLifeChoices. We invited the YourLifeChoices readership to participate in a survey regarding their attitudes toward population growth in Australia. Nearly 500 people responded and the results were overwhelmingly in support of a better, not bigger Australia. For example: 76% of respondents believe Australia does …
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“The future is not something you go to, it is something you make” – Professor Ian Lowe, SPA Patron. SPA has had a very busy 2022 – and we are barely half-way. Here are some of our achievements so far, including our fancy graphical summary (see PDF version here). To keep up this good …
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On the 21st April 2022, SPA’s national president, Jenny Goldie, was interviewed by Gippsland FM 104.7 Thursday Breakfast. The interview was in response to our media release for Earth Day: “Invest in our planet by ending population growth.” Gippsland FM were kind to send us a recording of the interview which we are proud …
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