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
SPA’s letter to federal politicians: resist pressure for sky-high population growth Read More »
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
Slides from Jenny Goldie talk on Fenner conference 2022 to ANU Read More »
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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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
Australians don’t want more population growth: Survey Read More »
“The future is not something you go to, it is something you make” – Professor Ian Lowe, SPA Patron. SPA has had a very busy 2022 – and we are barely half-way. Here are some of our achievements so far, including our fancy graphical summary (see PDF version here). To keep up this good
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On the 21st April 2022, SPA’s national president, Jenny Goldie, was interviewed by Gippsland FM 104.7 Thursday Breakfast. The interview was in response to our media release for Earth Day: “Invest in our planet by ending population growth.” Gippsland FM were kind to send us a recording of the interview which we are proud
SPA president interviewed on Gippsland FM for Earth Day Read More »
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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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
Looking back at the 2022 Fenner Conference – Making Australian Agriculture Sustainable Read More »
Our patron Paul Collins spoke on ABC Radio National’s ‘The Science Show’ to discuss his new book ‘The Depopulation Imperative’. At 8 and a half minutes, it is well worth a listen. Link here. Last month, another of our patrons, Ian Lowe, also appeared on ‘The Science Show’, where he was interviewed by Robyn
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Prof. Ian Lowe and Dr. Jane O’Sullivan, two of the authors of SPA’s latest discussion paper, ‘Population and Climate Change’ were interviewed on the Post Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP) hosted by SPA communication manager Michael Bayliss. From the summary of the episode: “Did you know that climate mitigation models show that the only scenarios
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