Media Releases
Restoring the earth means ending population growth
MEDIA RELEASE (20/04/2021) For this year’s Earth Day, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has called for an end to population growth nationally and globally as the first critical step towards the restoration of our gravely diminished natural landscapes and biodiversity. “Together, We Can Restore Our Earth” is the theme of the 2021 Earth Day which is …
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Population growth slowdown is welcome
Sustainable Population Australia MEDIA RELEASE (28/03/2021) Population growth slowdown is welcome: SPA The slowing of Australia’s population growth is a welcome development, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National President, Hon. Sandra Kanck, says that the slowdown is a chance to change course from the high population growth, ‘Big Australia’ path of the …
Australia is a laggard in international support for women’s rights
On International Women’s Day, the recent rape scandals in Australia’s Federal Parliament highlight how far Australia has to go to achieve gender equality, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). “While Australia is receiving a timely wake-up call to recommit to women’s rights, many countries around the world have a very long way to go to give …
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Australian premiere of acclaimed childfree documentary to be screened late February
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) are partnering with filmmaker Maxine Trump on the Australian premiere of her award winning film To Kid or Not to Kid in Melbourne and Perth on the 26 and 27 February. Hailed by critics as a ‘thoughtful and insightful film’ (The Scotsman) and ‘Candid and empathetic’ (the New York Times), …
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Lower birth rates are a welcome trend for Australia
Australia’s birth rate is declining, but this is no cause for concern, according to the president of Sustainable Population Australia, the Hon. Sandra Kanck. Ms Kanck was speaking in response to the release of new ABS data which shows that the 2019 fertility rate was 1.66 births per woman. Fertility has been declining gradually over …
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Lower population growth projections for Australia welcomed
Findings from the federal government’s first Population Statement, which projects reduced population growth through to 2031, have been welcomed by the president of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The Statement is projecting average population growth of 1.1 percent over the coming decade, compared to the 1.6 percent (more than 400,000 per year) in the past decade. …
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Media release: New report finds nothing to fear from an ageing population
EMBARGOED until Wednesday 28 October 2020 A discussion paper released this week finds that an ageing population is ‘more of a silver lining than a silver tsunami’. In a classic case of the cure being worse than the disease, the paper concludes that federal government policy of rapid population growth to off-set ageing brings far …
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Bob Brown’s comments on population welcomed
(Media release, 18/10/2020) Bob Brown’s call for Australia to lead a mature discussion about the need to reduce global population growth has been welcomed by the president of environmental advocacy group Sustainable Population Australia. Dr Brown’s comments were reported in The Weekend Australian of 17-18 October (“Greens must push cut to population: Brown”). …
World contraception day – support for contraception critical
(SPA media release 24th September 2020) (SPA also contributed an opinion article to The Overpopulation Project for World Contraception Day. Link to the article: “Why global support for contraception is critical in the pandemic age” can be found here) There are 214 million women worldwide who do not have access to modern contraception and …
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Earth overshoot day retreats three weeks but for the wrong reason
(SPA media release August 20, 2020) Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) welcomes the retreat by three weeks of Earth Overshoot Day, from 1 August last year to 22 August this year. SPA, however, regrets that the Covid pandemic has been the cause, rather than deliberate government policy to reduce the impact of human activity on …
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