Media Releases
Queensland environment groups call for moratorium on growth in SEQ (JUN)
Thursday, 14 June 2007 Environment groups meeting at Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast last Sunday, 10th June, called for a moratorium on Local Growth Management Strategies (LGMS’s) under the South East Queensland Regional Plan until after the local government elections in 2008, when local residents would have the chance to vote for candidates based […]
Generosity hides greed (NOV)
‘Both Labor and the Coalition simulate generosity to home buyers while deliberately, and with selfish motive, driving up house prices through rapid and forced population growth’ said Dr John Coulter today, commenting on the announced policies of both parties. ‘The various subsidies and handouts promised by both parties to would-be struggling home buyers will circulate […]
Latest population figures ‘Sheer Madness’ (Sept)
25 September 2007. It is sheer madness for Australia to assume it can sustain population growth figures of 307,100 per annum, or 1.5 per cent, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). Figures released yesterday from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that 54 per cent of this growth was from net overseas migration […]
Why A baby bust when the economy is booming? (FEB)
Feb 2, 2003 At a meeting in Melbourne tomorrow, visiting world-renowned anthropologist and demographer Virginia Abernethy will address why Australian birth rates are relatively low at a time of economic growth. Virginia Abernethy is an anthropologist whose area of specialisation is immigration and population research. She is a leading exponent of the “Fertility Opportunity […]
SPA supports AMWU push to salvage local jobs from gas fire sale (OCT)
Oct 23, 2003 First we sold the gas, then we sold the jobs. Resource companies developing the gas fields of the NW shelf are approximately 90% foreign owned. The majority of the gas is being sold to China. According to the government itself, the gas is being sold at rock bottom prices. In […]
Government inaction on population growth is destroying South east Queensland (APR)
The inaction of the Queensland Government to implement stronger planning controls on population growth in South East Queensland is resulting in the destruction of the region’s many values say conservationists. A public forum titled “Populating the life out of paradise” held at Redlands IndigiScapes on Saturday, noted that SEQ’s population growth was unsustainable, resulting in […]
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 […]
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. […]