WITH its fields of silverbeet and neat rows of lettuce glistening in the sun, the farming enclave of Clyde on the Western Port plains doesn’t look much like a battle zone. ….CARMEL EGAN November 15, 2009 theage.com.au Article Link:
Salad Days Under Threat As Sprawling City Comes Knocking Read More »
AUSTRALIA has the potential for substantial population growth and claims the country has exceeded its capacity are ”nonsense”, according to senior minister Lindsay Tanner. ARI SHARP November 13, 2009 theage.com.au Article Link:
Population Fear Is Nonsense: Tanner Read More »
AUSTRALIA has just had its biggest baby boom with a record 293,600 babies born last year, up 4 per cent or 11,400 babies on the year before. Almost one quarter – 71,175 – were born in Victoria. PETER MARTIN November 12, 2009 theage.com.au Article Link:
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Jason Dowling and Clay Lucas examine a growing Melbourne and the strain 7 million people will have on essential services November 11, 2009 Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/bursting-at-the-seams-20091110-i7oj.html
Bursting at the Seams Read More »
Tom Colebatch theage.com.au November 10, 2009 Article Link:
As Immigration Loses Its Appeal, We Must Train More Workers Read More »
FOUR in 10 Australians believe Australia’s projected population of 35 million by 2049 will be too many people, according to an Age/Nielsen poll MARY-ANNE TOY AND MICHELLE GRATTAN November 10, 2009 Article Link:
Poll Shows Deep Unease on 35 Million People by 2049 Read More »
STATE capitals will have enough water even if the national population swells to 35 million by 2050 as predicted, but only if residents are prepared to change their lifestyles and pay bigger water bills. … Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer From: The Australian December 29, 2009 12:00AM Article Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/enough-water-to-cope-with-big-bang-in-population/story-e6frg6nf-1225814237192
Enough Water to Cope With Big Bang in Population Read More »
ABC News Posted Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:00am AEDT Article Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/28/2781307.htm
Australia Suspends Adoptions from Ethiopia Read More »
Volume 1, Issue 3: The Population Bomb Four Decades On – Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development Editorial By Julian Morris Article Link:
The Persistence of Population Pessimism Read More »
With business as usual (read: infrastructure kept as is, groaning under the current load), our major cities have no chance of remaining liveable and coping with projected population figures pulled out of the air by prime minister Kevin Rudd. Professor Newman from Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute says that our big cities will be just
Sydney, Melbourne Can’t Handle Growth Targets Read More »
