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Governments making water situation worse (MAY)
16 May 2007 By promoting population growth, every government in Australia is conspiring against its citizens to make the water situation in Australia worse, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says the water savings that each Australian is called upon to make are being rapidly and deliberately …
Rudd also ‘yesterday’s man’ (APR)
29 April 2007. Kevin Rudd’s commitment to endless population and consumption growth makes him just as much ‘Yesterday’s man’ as John Howard, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says Kevin Rudd should be careful that his own house is in order before he calls John Howard names. …
Public forum calls for moratorium on SEQ growth (MAR)
Thursday 1 March 2007 A public forum held in the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, 24th February, called for a delay in the finalisation of all South East Queensland growth plans until after the next local government elections in 2008. The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2002-2026 (SEQ Regional Plan) requires each local government in …
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Recognise environmental constraints on growth (FEB)
Feb 19, 2002 A population policy must recognise the environmental constraints of our land, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr Harry Cohen, said today that some of the organisers of the forthcoming Population Summit in Melbourne seemed unaware of these constraints when they called for a population of 50 million. …
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Population should have been on summit agenda (SEPT)
Sep 6, 2002 Efforts made at the Johannesburg Summit would have a better chance of success had human population been recognised as being at the core of sustainable development, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The World Summit on Sustainable Development finished this week with a series of commitments on priority areas including water and …
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What benefit from one million extra residents? (AUG)
Aug 18, 2002 The onus of proof is on the Bracks’ Government to explain what benefit there will be to squeezing a million more residents into already overcrowded Melbourne, according to the Victorian branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In the Metropolitan Strategy, to be released next month, Melbourne’s 31 local councils will be grouped …
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End australia’s population growth for global sustainability (FEB)
Feb 21, 2002 Australia must cut both population growth and consumption in accordance with the principles of sustainability, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Recently, the United Nations and World Business Council on Sustainable Development have estimated that industrialised countries like Australia need to achieve a ten-fold reduction in consumption of resources and a 20-fold …
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What benefit from one million extra residents? (AUG)
Aug 18, 2002 The onus of proof is on the Bracks’ Government to explain what benefit there will be to squeezing a million more residents into already overcrowded Melbourne, according to the Victorian branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In the Metropolitan Strategy, to be released next month, Melbourne’s 31 local councils will be grouped …
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Property developers main drivers of immigration (FEB)
Feb 22, 2002 Property developers and the housing industry have most to gain from immigration-driven population growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). While polls taken over the last three decades have shown that the majority of people feel immigration levels to be “too much” or “about right”, businesses and individuals associated with property development …
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Population growth threatens indigenous culture (AUG)
Aug 8, 2001 for International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – August 9 Continued high population growth threatens the survival of Aboriginal culture, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Speaking on the eve of International Day for of the World’s Indigenous People, National Vice-President of SPA Dr John Coulter says that, since Aboriginal culture is …
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