Tomorrow, 2 August, is Earth Overshoot Day for this year, the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year is estimated to exceed Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources. By the end of the year, we will have used 1.7 times the sustainable resource limit. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), that’s bad enough, but Australia’s Overshoot
In this issue you will find a front page article questioning why the government is ignoring numerous surveys that show Australians want less immigration and lower population growth. There are three Opinion articles; two on Big Australia and another on the need for a common agenda as we try and accommodate millions more people in
SPA Newsletter 152 – August 2023 Read More »
The latest Resolve Strategic public opinion survey on views about the level of migrant intake proves yet again that a large majority of Australians think our immigration levels and population growth are too high. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says it reinforces findings from previous surveys over several years and using a variety of sampling
Resolve survey strongly confirms that majority of Australians think immigration too high Read More »
We cannot feed 10 billion when climate change threatens food security: SPA Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has called for an end to global population growth to avert widespread suffering from hunger. Current world population stands at 8.046 billion and is expected to rise to 9.7 billion by 2050 (UN median projections), peak at
Climate change threatens food security: World Population Day Read More »
Dr. Katharine Betts, Patron of SPA, was a guest speaker at the 2023 National SPA AGM, hosted by the Victoria and Tasmania Branch in Melbourne. She presented the latest report on voter views on Labor’s immigration policies from The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI). Dr. Betts is a demographer and researcher based in Australia. She
Katharine Betts presents TAPRI report on voter views on immigration at SPA AGM 2023 Read More »
Too many migrants are finding themselves stranded unable to get jobs they are led to believe they are qualified for in Australia. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), they shouldn’t have been given skilled migrant visas in the first place. According to a recent report, only a third of permanent arrivals in Australia have
Qualifications should be recognised before skilled visas are issued Read More »
On the eve of World Refugee Day (June 20), Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has criticised the Albanese Government for failing to deliver on its promise to expand the humanitarian intake to 27,000. In the recent budget, the government kept Australia in a holding pattern of 13,750 places. According to SPA, refugees were dumped in
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) considers Australia’s population growth rate in 2022 too high and called on the federal government to put a brake on immigration. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest population figures today showing Australia’s population grew by nearly half a million (496,800 or 1.9%) in the year ending 31
Australia’s population growth rate of nearly half a million ‘too high’ Read More »
SPA has a special full page feature in the World Environment Day liftout in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Read the full article here or click on the image below.
SPA World Environment Day feature page in SMH and The Age Read More »
MEDIA RELEASE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5 JUNE 2023 Monday 5 June marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day. It’s been mainly downhill for the environment ever since thanks to the demands of an ever-growing human population, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The first celebration of World Environment Day, under the slogan “Only One
50th anniversary of World Environment Day and it’s been mainly downhill since Read More »
