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NEWS: 23 August 2022

Jobs Summit: Make your voice heard

Increased immigration won’t fix jobs and skills Make your voice heard and demand our politicians do not put us back on the road of high population growth with all its pressures the environment, congestion and housing affordability. Demand that the government not ramp up immigration to the red-hot levels (200,000+) we had before the pandemic  …

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NEWS: 23 July 2022

SPA’s letter to federal politicians: resist pressure for sky-high population growth

Federal parliament is set to resume, and with a change of government. The business lobby is pushing hard to ramp up immigration to unprecedented levels, spruiking permanent migration targets of 220,000.  Now is the time to send a strong message to our federal MPs and Senators: please do not return us to the old days …

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NEWS: 17 July 2022

Slides from Jenny Goldie talk on Fenner conference 2022 to ANU

  Jenny Goldie SPA president gave a talk on July 13th 2022 to the ANU Emeritus Faculty on our Fenner Conference in July 2022. The slides from the presentation can be found below: MAKING AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE_ANUEF talk July 2022

NEWS: 30 June 2022

SPA appoints new Social Media and Promotions Coordinator

SPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Tye as our new Social Media and Promotions Coordinator. Martin is passionate about the population issue and is a long-time member of SPA. He describes himself as a committed environmentalist who has a strong understanding of how population, economics and ecosystems inter-relate.     In addition, …

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NEWS: 3 June 2022

Australians don’t want more population growth: Survey

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) recently teamed up with online news site YourLifeChoices.  We invited the YourLifeChoices readership to participate in a survey regarding their attitudes toward population growth in Australia. Nearly 500 people responded and the results were overwhelmingly in support of a better, not bigger Australia. For example: 76% of respondents believe Australia does …

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NEWS: 19 April 2022

SPA is seeking to employ a Social Media and Promotions Coordinator

  NOTE:  THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW EXPIRED AND WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSTION In recent years,  SPA’s social media presence has continued to expand.  Online campaigning has become an increasingly important focus of our marketing and community outreach. As such,  we are seeking to professionalise our online media …

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NEWS: 19 April 2022

Looking back at the 2022 Fenner Conference – Making Australian Agriculture Sustainable

The video recordings of conference are now available for public viewing.  They may be watched from the Fenner 2022 website (link here) or the Fenner 2022 conference YouTube channel (link here).  A selection of videos may also be viewed directly from the SPA website (link here). The Australian Academy of Science gave Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) the …

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