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24 July 2010

Summary of lateline debate – government, opposition face off over population

Tony Jones opened by saying that Mark Latham had belled the cat by pointing out that you can't propose to limit population unless you can limit immigration. So why wouldn't the government promise to limit immigration?  Jones to his credit kept the debate on population and immigration rather than sliding across onto asylum-seekers in the

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24 July 2010

A wide open land

Download and listen to the full article at ABC Radio National, "Background Briefing" at  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2010/2959674.htm   As the world's available farming land shrinks in the face of population growth, climate change and soil degradation, Australia's vast tracts of land are going to be increasingly important for global food security. Overseas players are already buying up

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24 July 2010

Richard Pratt a racketeer?

Pratt, it seems, was not just corrupt himself but a major corrupter of others through bribery and intimidation. Ex-PMs Fraser, Whitlam and Hawke, according to the Age, were on the Visy payroll. (It does not mention that a more recent ex-PM Kevin Rudd was embarrassingly compliant, even visiting the dying Pratt and temporising with his

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19 July 2010

Could a make-mexicans-rich policy cost less than a good-fences-make-good-neighbors policy?

The US has tried, in desperation, to staunch the northward migration of Latin Americans in a variety of expensive ways with little success. This is probably because Latin Americans are just as desperate to leave the miseries of Latin America behind as the US is to avoid having these miseries exported northward. Thus far, little

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14 July 2010

Immigration debate killing government: radio quotes evans saying

Immigration Minister Chris Evans has reportedly said the immigration debate is “killing” the government. Fairfax Radio Network station 2UE cited the minister as making the remark today at a conference, which was closed to the media, hosted by the University of NSW. It said the senator told immigration experts at the event the debate was

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23 April 2010

Survey shows 7 out of 10 Australians oppose population growth

Nearly 7 out of 10 Australian voters do not think Australia needs more people, and only 23 per cent favour growth via an active immigration policy, according to a survey recently completed by the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AusSSA) at the Australian National University. AusSSA included a series of questions about attitudes to population in

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