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MEDIA RELEASES: 15 April 2003

No correlation between high immigration and healthy economy (APR)

The claim by the Australian Industry Group that higher levels of immigration will benefit the economy is selfish and ignorant, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Deputy National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says that there is no statistical correlation between population size, population rate of growth and GDP growth per capita in OECD

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MEDIA RELEASES: 9 April 2003

Author of CSIRO population study to speak in Sydney tomorrow (APR)

Barney Foran, co-author of the landmark study of the economy and life quality according to different populations, will address a public meeting at the Australian Museum in Sydney tomorrow (Thursday 10 April). The study, called “Future Dilemmas”, modelled three different population scenarios for Australia for 2050. It was commissioned by the Department of Immigration and

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MEDIA RELEASES: 1 February 2003

ISOS rolling internet conference: in search of sustainability: water (FEB)

www.isosconference.org.au Jointly organised and managed by: Australia 21 Limited www.australia21.org.au Nature and Society Forum www.natsoc.org.au Sustainable Population Australia population.org.au Water The Focus As Internet Conference Opens As Australia staggers through its worst drought and fires in a lifetime, an innovative rolling internet conference opened today with nine new papers focussing on Water and Sustainability. These complement the keynote

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MEDIA RELEASES: 7 November 2002

50 million environmental madness (NOV)

Despite claims in the CSIRO Report ‘Future Dilemmas’ that Australia can technically support 50 million people, it would put unbearable strains on the environment, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). ‘Future Dilemmas’ is being launched in Sydney today by the Minister for Immigration, Philip Ruddock. It looks at three population scenarios for 2050: low, medium

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SUBMISSIONS TO INQUIRIES: 6 March 2002

Revised draft zoning plan – submission to the solitary islands marine park (SIMP), Mar 2002

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SUSTAINABLE POPULATION AUSTRALIA inc formerly Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP) PO Box 297 CIVIC SQUARE  ACT  2608 Ph: 02 6235 5488 (bh) Fax: 02 6235 5499 [email protected] population.org.au   Patrons: Dr Paul Collins Prof Frank Fenner Prof Tim Flannery Prof Ian Lowe Dr Mary White   Manager – Ms Libby ...

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MEDIA RELEASES: 18 February 2002

Keep the population low for greater wealth (FEB)

Were greater wealth for Australians the real objective of the organisers of the forthcoming Population Summit in Melbourne, they would advocate an end to population growth immediately, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr Harry Cohen, said today that anyone looking at the world rankings in terms of GDP per capita,

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SUBMISSIONS TO INQUIRIES: 4 February 2002

Consultation paper for the state sustainability strategy – submission by SPA NSW branch to the WA dept. of the premier

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Professor Peter Newman Director, Sustainability Policy Unit Department of the Premier 15th Floor, 197 St Georges Tce Perth WA 6000   Dear Professor Newman Thank you for inviting community input into your Focus on the Future initiative. Your consultation paper is impressive and it deals with a remarkable range of issues. However, there is one issue of ...

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