Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed the latest figures showing registered births fell by 3.7% in 2020, and dismissed concerns expressed by former Treasurer Peter Costello. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also reported that the total fertility rate was at an all-time low of 1.58 babies per woman. SPA National President Ms Jenny …
I am accustomed to the property sector spruiking its own interests, but it is another thing again when an AFR View claims that property interests are nothing less than the national interest (‘‘Property’s part in Australia getting back to normal,’’ December 1). Undoubtedly population growth (high migration) is good for the property business. The urban …
Claims that skills shortages require massive increases in the skilled migrant intake do not stand up to scrutiny, according to a new Briefing Note prepared by Leith van Onselen, Chief Economist at MacroBusiness. The Note, commissioned by Sustainable Population Australia, comes as employer groups and some government members are angling to ramp up skilled …
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The Overpopulation Podcast is the world’s only dedicated podcast focusing on overpopulation run by the USA based ‘Population Balance’ (formerly World Population Balance). For episode #69, The Overpopulation Podcast interviewed our Communications Manager, Michael Bayliss. Michael Bayliss from Sustainable Population Australia shares his vision for a post-growth society that is rooted in a background in …
Recently there have been calls for a large increase in the skilled migrant intake as borders reopen. This Briefing Note, (PDF) prepared by Leith van Onselen, Chief Economist at Macrobusiness, examines the evidence for claimed skill shortages and looks at the effects of pre-pandemic immigration policies which were intended to address these shortages. Findings of …
Taking the data to powerful proponents of Big Australia is SPA at its best. On 15 November 2021, SPA Queensland President Edward Smith gave SPA’s pitch to rethink Big Australia’s unlimited population growth to Queensland Senator Amanda Stoker, following the Queensland AGM. Senator Stoker stayed on to give her defence of Big Australia and to …
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The new survey findings of the Resolve Political Monitor provide yet further evidence that Australians do not want to return to the Big Australia path of high population growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The survey, as reported in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, found that 58% of Australians believe we should re-start …
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A recent opinion poll by The Australian Centre for Population Research (TAPRI) found that 70% of Australians do not wish to return to pre-Covid immigration levels of 240,000 per year or anything like this number. In contrast, an Essential Research (ER) poll suggested that a declining proportion of respondents were concerned about immigration levels being …
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Two recent opinion surveys about Australians’ attitudes to immigration numbers yielded markedly differing results. This Briefing Note analyses the reasons for this. There are important implications for survey design and interpretation of results. Analysis of these two surveys suggest people do not want to return to the pre-pandemic trends of extreme population growth generated by …
A new video shows how Canberrans are pushing back after years of simmering concern about the prodigious growth of the city. . The video called My Bulging City is produced by Canberra journalist Rod Taylor. It is part of a campaign by environmental group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). “We are increasingly aware that our city …
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