Media Releases
Message to Garnaut: It’s tourism or the Barrier Reef, not both (Feb)
If Professor Ross Garnaut wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent, then air travel and much of tourism has to go, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc. (SPA). SPA National President, Dr John Coulter, commended Professor Garnaut’s call for cuts of 90 per cent or more but criticised him for saying the […]
Past the time to give precedence to the environment: garnaut report (FEB)
Past the Time to give Precedence to the Environment: Garnaut Report ‘One can only hope that the ignorance shown by Anna Bligh, the Premier of Queensland is not shared by our Prime Minister’ remarked Dr Coulter, this afternoon when he saw the Premier’s comments on the Garnaut Report. ‘The Queensland Premier seems not to realise […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]