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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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Rural development up, population down, to end poverty (JUL)
Jul 11, 2001 for World Population Day – July 11 Helping the world’s poorest people to escape from poverty lies in rural development programs and slowing population growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). While more people are being fed adequately today, the numbers of the poor and malnourished has risen, with over 800 million …
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Ecological ethics versus entry for asylum seekers: australia’s moral dilemma (JUL)
Australians must weigh the obligation to care for fellow humans in need against the good of the environment and the rights of future generations, according to Dr Paul Collins, author and broadcaster. Dr Collins says the debate about accepting refugees and asylum-seekers has been conducted in a trite and naïve manner. “One side argues we …
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Population growth threatens sustainable development (OCT)
Oct 22, 2000 Continued population growth in the developing world is a threat to sustainable development, according to Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP). Referring to World Development Information Day (October 24), AESP National President Dr Harry Cohen said 97 per cent of the world’s annual population growth of around 78 million occurs in …
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