It was pleasing that The Canberra Times put the subject of world population growth (“2050 population 9 billion: UN”, March 15) on its front page. The story reported that the expected 2.5 billion increase from now until 2050 will be equivalent to the world’s entire population in 1950, but missed the United Nations’ qualification that …
It seems churlish to criticise the US President’s new $1.2bn five-year malaria initiative (Bush renews efforts to cut malaria deaths, GW, Jan 5-11), nor the earlier $15bn President’s emergency plan for Aids relief (PEPFAR). Yet so much money given in aid by the US Government has had strings attached that one has to ask: what …
Strings tied to US aid? (Guardian Weekly, 20070112) Read More »
The Howard Government has pulled off a massive deception against the Australian people on the issue of immigration. The Government has focused attention on the issue of unauthorised boat arrivals, which has diverted attention away from immigration in general. It needs to be understood that less than 10 percent of immigrants who come to Australia …
On 1 November 2004 at 14:36:07 (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia was projected to be 20,206,802. This projection [from ABS website] is based on the estimated resident population at 31 March 2004 and assumes growth since then of: one birth every 2 minutes and 5 seconds, one death every 3 minutes and 55 …
Short-term movements and Australia’s population – a snapshot Read More »
It was pleasing that The Canberra Times put the subject of world population growth (“2050 population 9 billion: UN”, March 15) on its front page. The story reported that the expected 2.5 billion increase from now until 2050 will be equivalent to the world’s entire population in 1950, but missed the United Nations’ qualification that …
