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Australia’s population growth unsustainable
Australia’s population annual growth of just under 400,000 people is absolutely unsustainable, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Figures out today from the Bureau of Statistics reveal Australia’s population grew at 1.8 per cent, with net overseas migration of 238,300 people (60%) in the year ending March 31, 2013, and natural increase of 159,100 people […]
High population growth costing us dearly
The political parties are not mentioning it, but high population growth is preventing Australians from having the range of necessary services required for a satisfying and productive life, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In 2012, Australia’s population grew by 394,200 at a rate of 1.8 per cent. Net overseas migration (235,900 people) made up 60 […]
Earth overshoot day – August 20 – even earlier this year.
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has expressed concern that Earth Overshoot Day is two days earlier than last year (August 22) and two months earlier than 20 years ago (October 21). The Global Footprint Network sets the date each year as the point at which humanity has consumed the equivalent of the year’s entire production of renewable […]
Excessive population at heart of egypt chaos
A population that has grown larger than the resources required to sustain it lies at the heart of Egypt’s current political turmoil, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Egypt experienced an ‘Arab Spring’ uprising in 2011 but recently the military has sacked democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, leading to riots in which hundreds of people […]
MR: human population growth threatens other species with extinction
Growing human populations crowd out other species, threatening many with extinction, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed 96 animal species as critically endangered in Australia alone. Endangered mammals include the brush-tailed bettong, mountain pygmy possum and northern hairy-nosed wombat. Critically endangered birds include the Christmas […]
Burke must not forget population
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has expressed concern that Population has been dropped as a portfolio in the Rudd Cabinet but also says it is unlikely to make a great deal of difference. Minister Tony Burke who held the portfolio of population in the Gillard Government is now Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs, Citizenship and the Arts. […]
MR: it’s not just foodprint; it’s number of feet
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) supports this year’s World Environment Day antifood waste and food loss campaign that encourages people to reduce their food footprint, or ‘foodprint’. SPA maintains, however, that while reducing food waste is essential, future food security also depends on a rapid end to population growth. SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says […]
MR: leave enough water for other species
Humans are appropriating too much water for their own needs and not leaving enough for the survival of other species, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says that water is essential for all life, not just for humans. “The more water that is taken from rivers and aquifers to […]
MR: baby bonus cut very welcome
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) today wholeheartedly welcomed the Budget decision by the Federal Government to abolish the baby bonus from March 2014. Instead eligible families will receive increased family payments (Family Tax Benefit Schedule A) when they have a new baby. SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says introduction of the baby bonus by the […]
MR: decision to delay foreign aid increases short sighted
The decision by the Federal Government to delay increases in foreign aid is short-sighted, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA says it is particularly perverse as a response to the costs of housing asylum seekers as it is only likely to increase the flow of refugees. SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says poverty […]