Capping Australia’s population would come at a great cost to the nation, Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned. Addressing a conference in Brisbane this morning, Mr Swan said calls for a freeze on national population growth ignored the benefits that came from an increase in the number of people living in Australia. Article Link:
You Can’t Cap Population, Says Swan 30 March 2010 Read More »
The decision by the NSW Labor government to discourage migrants a decade ago has proved to be a sign of what would happen if the whole nation did likewise Article Link:
What if We Raise the Plank – April 10 Read More »
OUR new population debate confirms the urgent need to convince Australians they will benefit from the new mining boom prosperity. Building a new economic growth consensus should be a central task for Kevin Rudd’s new Population Minister Tony Burke and his bureaucratic support in Treasury. Article Link:
Resources Boom Sounds a Warning to Immigration Sceptics – April 10 Read More »
SINCE the 1904 Royal Commission into the Decline of the Birth Rate in NSW, there have been many attempts to work out what size population would best serve the county. Among the most recent was the 2002 CSIRO study for the Department of Immigration which explored the future effect of three population/immigration scenarios on the
When Size Matters: Populate or Perish Scenarios – April 10 Read More »
THE recent spike in immigration numbers is at least partly due to a pen stroke — a change in the way the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculates its figures. Article Link:
Immigration Spike Only a Statistical Illusion – April 10 Read More »
Free passage of people may be a liberal ideal but democracy gets in the way Article Link:
Open Borders a Well-Meant Road to Chaos – Read More »
MELBOURNE and Brisbane have accommodated more new residents, and at a faster rate, than Sydney since 2001 — leaving room for the nation’s largest city to take a greater share of Australia’s population increase over coming decades. Article Link:
Stagnant Sydney Set to Pack in Arrivals – April 10 Read More »
Only 10% of Australians want a Population of 35 Million+ by 2040. While 64% of Australians want Asylum seekers arriving by boat, To be returned and told to apply through normal refugee channels Finding No. 4482 – These are the main insights from the special Roy Morgan telephone survey conducted on the evenings of March
Roy Morgan Research – Population and Immigration April 8 2010 Read More »
A survey by the Lowy Institute says almost three-quarters of Australians want to see the country’s population grow, but not by too much. The Lowy Institute surveyed more than 1,000 people last month and found that while there is support for increased immigration, Australians are not quite prepared to embrace the Government’s prediction that the
Australians Wary of 36m Population Target – ABC – April 8 Read More »
TWO-thirds of Australians don’t want the country’s population to reach 36 million by 2050, as forecast by Treasury, an opinion poll shows. Article Link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/australians-want-population-kept-at-or-below-30m-lowy-institute-poll-finds/story-e6frf7l6-1225851179194
Australians Want Population Kept at or Below 30m, Lowy Institute Poll Finds – April 8 Read More »
