Australia reaching a population of 22 million people some time today is nothing to cheer about – rather it is a matter of national concern, according to environment group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA’s national president, Sandra Kanck, says that Australians are already living unsustainably, and adding more people adds to the problem. “The current
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“The compelling case for the planet is that if we’re going to have 9 billion people by 2050, and the food task doubling at 30 per cent of the productive land of Asia, where two-thirds of the world’s population will live,” he said. “Australia has some responsibility … in developing the potential it has.” Northern
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Friday, 18 September 2009 This government is using the ageing population as a smokescreen to cover up its active pursuit of population growth says environment group Sustainable Population Australia. SPA National President, Sandra Kanck, says the only positive about the Treasurer’s comments on population increase is his recognition that it creates a burden. “But his
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CANBERRA, ACT Conversion from hunting and gathering to farming, a transition that allowed human population numbers to explode, lies at the heart of all our environmental problems, according to Duncan Brown. Brown, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wollongong, is the author of the recently published book: “Feed or
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The announcement of a Federal Government review into immigration numbers has been cautiously welcomed by environment group, Sustainable Population Australia. But the national president of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says, “SPA is very concerned that the government is responding to a short term business agenda rather than what will be best for the country in the
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The announcement of a Federal Government review into immigration numbers has been cautiously welcomed by environment group, Sustainable Population Australia. But the national president of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says, “SPA is very concerned that the government is responding to a short term business agenda rather than what will be best for the country in the
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Non-renewable resources can only be used once. When they are gone they’re gone. ‘A major defect in our national accounts misleads us into believing we become richer by exploiting non-renewable resources such as the gas from the Gorgon field’ said Dr Coulter today. ‘Who ever heard of someone becoming richer by taking money from their
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Sustainable Population Australia MEDIA RELEASE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY (JULY 11) Theme for 2009: Fight Poverty: Educate Girls 10th July 2009 REDUCE POPULATION GROWTH: EDUCATE GIRLS Educating girls is a critical means of reducing fertility and in turn cutting population growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc. (SPA). National President of
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(The full article was first published in Dot Earth, Blog, March 13, 2009 and republished in “The New York Times, Science issue Sunday June 21 2009. COPENHAGEN — A scientist known for his aggressive stance on climate policy made an apocalyptic prediction on Thursday. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
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In the same period, Western Australia continued to record the fastest population growth at 3.1%, followed by Queensland (2.5%), the Northern Territory (2.0%), Victoria (1.9%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.7%), New South Wales (1.4%), South Australia (1.2%) and Tasmania (1.0%). Queensland and Western Australia gained the most people through net interstate migration from the other
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