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SUBMISSIONS TO INQUIRIES: 6 February 2026

Submission to the Inquiry into the value of skilled migration to Australia

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The Assistant Minister for Immigration and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP,  asked the Joint Standing Committee on Migration to inquire into matters relating to Australia’s skilled migration program. The committee adopted the inquiry on 29 October 2025.  Submissions to the inquiry were sent on ...

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MEDIA RELEASES: 26 January 2026

Global Water Bankruptcy Only Solved by Stabilising Population: SPA

The Global Water Bankruptcy report, published on Jan. 20, 2026,  indicated that global human demand for freshwater has exceeded the volume that nature can reliably replace,  resulting in worldwide water insecurity for billions of people. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth drives expanding water demand. Australia is also at risk of chronic water shortages

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MEDIA RELEASES: 12 January 2026

Australia’s total population well above ABS data

  Australia’s population could be a million more than estimated, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), taking Australia’s current population to over 29 million. By failing to recognise temporary visitors in total population figures, government agencies may be systematically under-provisioning for the number of actual residents in Australia. The Usual Residence definition that underpins the

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MEDIA RELEASES: 18 December 2025

ABS data demonstrates that Federal Government does not have a population plan

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s Population growth in the year to June 2025 quarter was 420,000, up from 418,705 in the 12 months to March 2025. From September 2021 to June 2025 Australia’s estimated resident population has expanded by 1.91 million, of which 78.2 per cent or 1.49 million resulted

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MEDIA RELEASES: 3 December 2025

Unprecedented population expansion lifts Australia’s housing costs.

Property data organisation Cotality, tallies Australian property price rises averaging 7.5 per cent nationwide, and 13.1 per cent in Perth, over the year to November 2025.  Source: https://www.cotality.com/au/insights/articles/housing-growth-eases-as-affordability-and-rates-loom-large Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that Australia must stabilise its population to ease the pressure on housing costs, effective through reducing Net Overseas Immigration (NOM) to 70,000

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NEWSLETTERS: 13 November 2025

SPA newsletter 161 – Nov 2025

  Welcome to the November 2025 edition of the SPA Newsletter.  With this edition,  we are proud to announce our new editor,  Mathisha Wahikala.  Mathisha brings her individual flair to the newsletter,  so long-term readers may notice a few changes in layout and direction. Download the latest edition in PDF:  SPA Newsletter Issue 161 Nov

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MEDIA RELEASES: 28 October 2025

Perth’s Population Surges as WA’s Environment Plummets

  As Perth’s population surges toward 3.5 million people by 2039, experts warn that there is no climate transition plan.   As Western Australia’s environment deteriorates, the Albanese government’s ‘priority critical minerals project’ will result in expansion of bauxite extraction in WA’s Jarrah forests. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth, globally and domestically, is

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VIDEOS: 17 October 2025

Corey Bradshaw presents to Adelaide meeting September 2025

On September 10th 2025,  the Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) South Australia and Northern Territory branch hosted a public meeting in Adelaide: “Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change” with Professor of Global Ecology Corey Bradshaw from Flinders University. He showed that slow-growing or declining populations do not compromise

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MEDIA RELEASES: 3 October 2025

Population sustainability required for urban crisis response on World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations. On 6 October 2025, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day will be “urban crisis response”. https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth is a fundamental driver of the symptoms of the multiple

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