Media Releases
Latest population growth rate figures ‘alarming’
Sustainable Population Australia Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White population.org.au 28 September 2012 The latest figures that show Australia’s growth rate has risen to 1.5 per cent are alarming, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The Australian Bureau of […]
MR: renowned American author begins Australian tour friday
Richard Heinberg, journalist and educator who has written extensively on oil depletion, begins his two week Australian tour on Friday 14 September. He is the author of ten books and a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute. In Australia, he will speak to his latest book, “The End of Growth”. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) […]
MR: population growth drives biodiversity loss
MEDIA RELEASE FOR BIODIVERSITY MONTH http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/month.html Human activities are reducing genetic, species and ecosystem biodiversity in Australia and population growth is a major driver, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc. (SPA) September is Biodiversity Month and its purpose is to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biological diversity in Australia and globally. Australia […]
Media release: doubling family planning aid a crucial initiative
Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s decision to double Australia’s family planning funding to $50 million a year is a crucial and much welcome initiative, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Minister Carr made the announcement as a London Summit on Family Planning organised by the Gates Foundation and the UK Government sought funding of $2 billion […]
Media Release: World Population Day, 11th July: London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures
London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures – if fundamentalist religion will get out of the way Women around the world were rightly furious that the term “reproductive rights” was removed from the outcome document produced at the UN’s Rio +20 conference on sustainable development last month according to national environment group, […]
On world environment day aussie governments opt for brown rather than green economy
Sustainable Population Australia Patrons: Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White population.org.au WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POPULATION STABILISATION INTEGRAL TO GREEN ECONOMY: Australian Governments opt for brown rather than a green economy While a green economy is a worthy theme for […]
Earth day 22 April governments & oppositions ignore the spirit of earth day
With two months to go before the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Federal Government and Opposition should embrace the spirit of Earth Day on 22 April and commit themselves to environmental sustainability, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Sunday is the 42nd anniversary of the first Earth Day, founded by US Senator Gaylord […]
Media Release: International Women’s Day
Australia’s foreign aid budget should mandate reproductive health services for all rural women Environment group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), is calling on the incoming Foreign Minister, Hon Bob Carr, to tie development projects to the provision of family planning within Australia’s overseas aid program. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and the UN theme […]
SPA NSW media release – 7 billion
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE CAN THE PLANET SUSTAIN?
Global Population Exceeds 7 Billion
Monday 31 October: Today the world’s population reaches a record seven billion people. While this milestone may be viewed by some as a testament to humankind's ingenuity and technical achievement, Lobby group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) shares its concerns that continuous population growth will have disastrous consequences for the welfare of future generations.
SPA media release – 7 billion
7 billion people now and worse to come With 31st October marking the date on which the United Nations estimates the world’s population will reach 7 billion people, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says this figure represents nothing less than a crisis. National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that the failure of nations to address […]