Media Releases
MR: latest change to 457 program a retrograde step
The Abbott government’s reopening of a visa loophole in the temporary working visa (457) program is a retrograde step, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The Gillard government in 2013 had tightened the program to stop rorting by employers in the mining, construction and IT industries who knowingly hired hundreds more foreign workers than they […]
MR: no advancement for women without access to family planning
There will be no positive change for women unless they have control over their own fertility, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). This requires ready access to contraception within the context of the full range of reproductive health and rights. Inspiring Change is the 2014 theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) and encourages advocacy for […]
MR: quality of education to fall unless population also stabilised
Should Treasurer Joe Hockey stop growth in education spending then he must also stop growth in population if standards are not to fall, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Treasurer Joe Hockey unveiled the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) in Canberra yesterday, warning that social programs, including education, health and welfare, would not see […]
MR: Rod Quantock ‘peaks’ into the future
Melbourne-based comedian Rod Quantock is bringing his latest show Peak-a-boo to Sydney next week at the invitation of the NSW branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Quantock says he hopes to enlighten people about what we can expect in the future. In the show he examines some of the things we will start running low […]
MR: Australia’s population growth rate remains alarmingly high
Australia’s growth rate of 1.8 per cent is alarmingly high, unsustainable and unacceptable, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its demographic figures for the year ending June 2013 yesterday, revealing Australia’s population growth rate remains at 1.8 per cent. Population growth for the period was 407,000 with natural […]
Population group welcomes bindi Irwin as youth ambassador
7 December 2013 Media release Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is delighted to announce that Bindi Irwin has accepted its invitation to be its Youth Ambassador. Bindi is the daughter of the original Wildlife Warrior and conservationist Steve Irwin. Bindi, 15, who has inherited her father’s love of animals, is an actress and television presenter […]
MR: population group critical of ABS projections
The population environment advocacy group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), has called upon the Australian Bureau of Statistics to expand its recent population projections to include a scenario based upon Australia’s long-term average Net Overseas Migration (NOM). SPA’s NSW President, Mr Kris Spike says that the three projections offered by the ABS were based upon very […]
MR – stop destroying habitat, stabilise population and end coal exports: conference declares
Delegates at the Fenner Conference on Environment in Canberra passed a unanimous declaration yesterday calling for policies to stabilise population and for an end to coal exports and habitat destruction. The conference called “Population, Resources and Climate change: implications for Australia’s near future” addressed the nexus between the three issues. It highlighted the urgent need […]
Declaration from fenner conference 2013
Passed unanimously by the participants at the Fenner Conference Recognising the inextricable links between population, resources and climate change that human economic systems are dependent on natural ecological systems that a sustainable future depends on widespread ecological literacy that we are fast […]
Mr – population, resources and climate change – implications for Australia’s near future
The impact of population growth, diminishing resources and climate change on Australia’s future will be discussed by scientists at the Fenner Conference on Environment, being held at the Shine Dome in Canberra on 10 and 11 October 2013. Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, Professor Paul Ehrlich, will […]