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18 February 2008

Millennium goals: the score so far (FEB)

Population, peak oil and climate change will be hot topics in Canberra next month. Scientists and politicians from the UK, Philippines, New Zealand and Australia will speak at the conference “Population, Peak Oil and Climate Change: their impact on the Millennium Development Goals”. The conference will be at Rydges Lakeside Hotel on 14 &15 March. …

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31 January 2008

Keep but modify citizenship test (JAN)

Australia should keep the citizenship test but orient it toward the future rather than the past, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). SPA National President, Dr John Coulter, says intending citizens should certainly think of Australia’s past. “But it is even more important that they understand the present and can participate in building a …

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29 October 2007

Howard/Rudd look to a future in the past (Oct)

‘More and faster growth is the mantra of both our leaders. Yet it is increasingly clear that population and economic growth are the main drivers toward an unsustainable future. In every single chapter of the massive United Nations GEO-4 Report, released just last week and written by hundreds of the world’s leading scientists across a …

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3 October 2007

Church leaders must go further than addressing climate change (OCT)

Church leaders are to be congratulated for their rallying cry on climate change but need to address root causes, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says that population growth is a major root cause of climate change along with consumption and dependence on fossil fuels to run …

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5 September 2007

Beattie call for 50 million reflects vested interests (SEPT)

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie’s call yesterday for an Australian population of 50 million echoes those by vested interests of the housing, construction and real estate industries, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA).   National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says that this is not surprising given the very large donations that members of …

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1 May 2007

Let the community determine SEQ’s growth (May)

The Queensland Government is pushing high growth in South East Queensland via the Local Growth Management Strategies that every local government must adopt in the coming months say conservationists. The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2002-2026 (SEQ Regional Plan) requires each local government in SEQ to prepare a Local Growth Management Strategy by 30 June …

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22 April 2007

Earth day – forum calls for action on climate change in South east Queensland (APR)

Earth Day In keeping with the theme for Earth Day 2007, “A call for action on climate change”, a public forum at Indigiscapes in Capalaba Saturday called for a halt to the South East Queensland Regional Plan until climate change and protection of our natural environment are factored into the planning process. Predictions in the …

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22 April 2007

Time to learn real meaning of environmental sustainability (APR)

It is long past the time when our politicians learnt what ‘environmental sustainability’ really means, according to the newly elected national president of Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA), Dr John Coulter. “For too long ‘sustainable’ has been used as a euphemism for all that is good and acceptable,” says Dr Coulter. “Politicians and others have …

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17 April 2007

Halt urban growth in South East Queensland (Apr)

The Queensland Government should halt urban growth in South East Queensland say conservationists following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report last week.  A resolution calling for a moratorium on development will be put at a public forum “Populating the Life out of Paradise” to be held at Redlands IndigiScapes on Saturday …

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17 April 2007

SEQ communities forced to accept growth (APR)

The Queensland Government and pro-growth local governments in SEQ are forcing communities to accept population targets beyond the sustainability of the region and driving SEQ from one crisis to another, say conservationists. Overcrowded hospitals and schools, more and increasingly congested roads, lack of water, loss of open space and bushland and a shortage of recreational …

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