SEVEN in 10 people want a “House Full” sign hung on Australia’s front door, with women and Queenslanders leading the charge. (Monash Survey Results) Article Link:
Women Don’t Want a Bigger Population – April 14 Read More »
MORE than two-thirds of Australian voters do not embrace population growth, according to a national survey of social attitudes. When asked ”Do you think Australian needs more people?” an overwhelming 69 per cent answered negatively – and voters in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s home state of Queensland were most opposed. Article Link:
Majority Oppose Population Growth: Survey – April 14 Read More »
FROM the ground, Melbourne’s CBD makes sense. The Hoddle grid provides order, the heritage buildings and shadowy laneways lend it character and soaring skyscrapers give a sense of a busier metropolis. Article Link:
Living the High Life or Just Skyscraping by? – April 10 Read More »
PEOPLE who drink from their rainwater tanks may be consuming unacceptable levels of lead, a study says. Article Link:
Rainwater Users Warned of Lead Risk – April 10 Read More »
TONY ABBOTT hopes a Coalition government’s family-friendly policies will boost Australia’s birth rate but at the same time says projected population increases – fuelled by a baby boom and high immigration – are not sustainable. Article Link: http://www.smh.com.au/national/abbott-wants-more-babies-fewer-people-20100409-ryu6.html
Abbott Wants More Babies, Fewer People – April 10 Read More »
THE term climate change is misleading. The world’s climate has always changed, but what is different this time around is the extent of the human plague and its blind pursuit of life’s comforts. This disrupts the fragile balance that maintains our exquisite and magical planet, and creates climatic disorder and chaos. Article Link:
Zoos Can Help Transmit a Message of Hope for Wildlife, Climate – April 3 Read More »
Climate negotiators meet in Bonn on Friday for the first time since the fractious Copenhagen summit but with scant hopes of patching together a new legally binding U.N. deal in 2010. Article Link:
U.N. Climate Talks Resume, Scant Chance of 2010 Deal – April 9 Read More »
Australia’s wildlife is becoming extinct faster than had been expected, and there is criticism that the old way, “lock it up” conservation, is not working. Article Link:
Pet Market Tipped to Save Endangered Wildlife – April 11 Read More »
AUSTRALIA has a history marked by uncertainty when it comes to population size. Even the Treasury’s Intergenerational Report that caused so much recent controversy by forecasting Australia’s population will rise to 36 million by 2050 is coy on the topic. Nowhere in its 164 pages does it set out the breakdown for the increase by
It’s Time for Open Discussion on How Big Is Too Big – April 11 Read More »
The United States and China clashed on Friday about how to revive climate talks in 2010, complicating the first U.N. session since the acrimonious Copenhagen summit fell short of agreeing a treaty. Article Link: http://www.enn.com/business/article/41205
China, U.S. Clash Over 2010 U.N. Climate Talks – April 10 Read More »
