Media Releases
Political parties must acknowledge population growth as a leading cause of biodiversity loss
In response to the sweeping U.N. report that says one million species are at risk of extinction, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) urges our federal and state governments and political parties to urgently acknowledge that population growth is a leading cause of biodiversity loss. The report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services […]
Federal election candidates will explain their position on Australia’s rapid population growth at SPA forum
Federal election candidates will explain their position on Australia’s rapid population growth at a free public forum on Saturday 27 April, to be held at Griffith University. The forum is organised by the environmental advocacy group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), in the interests of more open and informed debate about the impacts of population growth. […]
New population report – Australia’s leaders need to start listening
A new report on population and immigration is clear proof Australia’s mainstream political parties are ignoring the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Australian people, according to the environmental advocacy group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). “The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI) report’s finding that 72 per cent of Australians believe Australia does not need […]
Annual population growth of nearly 400,000 unsustainable: SPA
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) expresses deep concern that Australia is growing by nearly 400,000 people a year, describing it as ‘unsustainable’. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its figures for the year ending 30 September 2018, with Australia showing a growth rate of 395,100 or 1.6 per cent. Of this growth, 61 per cent […]
Promised immigration cuts welcome but not nearly enough
National President Ms Sandra Kanck says immigration should be cut by at least half, not by a mere 30,000. The current permanent intake is 190,000 though those numbers are swollen by the humanitarian intake, those on temporary visas and by New Zealanders. “In the year to March 2018, Australia’s population grew by 380,700, of which […]
SPA takes on liz allen, Australia’s extinction crisis, and revamps our popforum
President message: e-news, Oct 012018 SPA’s activism on your behalf continues with our submission to the Senate Environment Committee’s inquiry into ‘Australia’s Faunal Extinction Crisis’. You can read it here: https://population.org.au/articles/2018-09-18/spas-submission-senate-environment-committees-inquiry-australias-extinction. In April communication within SPA’s Yahoo groups became all but impossible, and as a consequence 80 or so members who are part of PopForum […]
How do we cut through the arguments?
President Message eNews September #2 2018 I was talking with our NSW Branch President, Graham Wood, who was expressing despair about a friend of his who was totally dismissive of the concerns that SPA has about the sort of future we face if governments around the world do not address the population issue. He read […]
The great regionalisation distraction
The Great Regionalisation Distraction: Sending migrants to the regions no solution to population growth, says SPA Sending new migrants to the regions, as the new Population Minister, Alan Tudge, suggests is just ‘tinkering around the edges’ in dealing with Australia’s population growth problems, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA national president Sandra […]
Base immigration on numbers – not race or culture!
Immigration policy should be based on numbers, not race, ethnicity or religion, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA rejected the anti-Muslim sentiments of Senator Fraser Anning delivered in Parliament yesterday. SPA national president Sandra Kanck says the time is long overdue for the immigration debate to be in the context of an ecologically sustainable […]
SPA recognises the life of dr mary white
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) recognises the significant contribution to Australia of its Patron Dr Mary White who died aged 92 in a nursing home in Bundanoon NSW this week. Dr White, a renowned palaeobotanist, had vascular dementia which ultimately left her bed-bound, unable to speak and mentally incapacitated. SPA national president Sandra Kanck […]