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NEWS: 16 September 2011

Planning in South Australia

This is the South Australian Government’s Department of Planning and Local Government site for information about the State’s planning and development system and associated services, including the building rules. http://www.planning.sa.gov.au/

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NEWS: 16 September 2011

WA department of environment and conservation

The department has the lead responsibility for protecting and conserving the State’s environment on behalf of the people of Western Australia. This includes managing the State’s national parks, marine parks, conservation parks, State forests and timber reserves, nature reserves, marine nature reserves and marine management areas. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/index.php

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NEWS: 16 September 2011

New body to tackle state’s growing pains

Queensland will today get a new agency charged with managing the state’s population growing pains. Premier Anna Bligh will be in Mackay this morning to unveil Growth Management Queensland, a body charged with ensuring a regional approach to population growth. – another example of the increase in costs in supporting surging population growth. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-property/new-body-to-tackle-states-growing-pains-20100525-wauk.html

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

South American transition to low fertility spreads to paraguay – May 2010

Paraguay does not seem a likely candidate for rapid fertility decline: The population is poorer, more rural, and has lower educational levels than its neighboring countries. Yet despite a large population that is traditionally hard to reach with reproductive health information and services, Paraguay recorded a remarkable increase in contraceptive use and a sharp decline

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Child marriage in the middle east and north Africa – May 200

Early marriage compromises girls’ development and often results in early pregnancy and social isolation. Child marriage also reinforces the vicious cycle of early marriage, low education, high fertility, and poverty. Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have laws on the minimum legal age for marriage, but some families take advantage of

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