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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Enough water to cope with big bang in population

STATE capitals will have enough water even if the national population swells to 35 million by 2050 as predicted, but only if residents are prepared to change their lifestyles and pay bigger water bills. … Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer From: The Australian December 29, 2009 12:00AM Article Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/enough-water-to-cope-with-big-bang-in-population/story-e6frg6nf-1225814237192

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Sydney, Melbourne can’t handle growth targets

With business as usual (read: infrastructure kept as is, groaning under the current load), our major cities have no chance of remaining liveable and coping with projected population figures pulled out of the air by prime minister Kevin Rudd. Professor Newman from Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute says that our big cities will be just

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

The right cause, but wrong effect

AGEING and immigration have been top order political issues in this country for some time. But in the years to come their significance will become even greater and the policy implications of how to manage each issue will become even more far-reaching.Peter van Onselen, Contributing editor From: The Australian January 16, 2010 12:00AM Article Link:

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