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NEWS: 12 August 2013

Fenner conference 2013

Event Notices

10, 11 October 2013
The Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Canberra ACT 2601
Register here! | Conference program here!

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Keynote Speaker: Professor Paul Ehrlich

Other speakers include Suzanne Cory, Hugh Possingham, David Lindenmayer, Chris Dickman, Bob Birrell, Mark O’Connor, Jane O’Sullivan, Michael Lardelli, Ian Dunlop, Sharyn Munro, Simon Michaux, Rhondda Dickson, Michael Jeffrey, Gary Jones, Ian Lowe, Michael Raupach, Tony McMichael, Paul Collins, Haydn Washington, Kelvin Thomson, Julian Cribb and Roger Short. Richard Denniss is after-dinner speaker.

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NEWS: 22 July 2013

Bindi Irwin has world on her mind

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“WILDLIFE Warrior Bindi Irwin is all grown up and ready to rumble.
The late Croc Hunter’s blossoming daughter turns 15 this week and is ready to swap singing and dancing for serious debate. And one of the issues closest to her heart is family planning and birth control to curb overpopulation of the planet.”
Writes Kathleen Donaghey of the Sunday Mail (Qld).

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MEDIA RELEASES: 9 July 2013

MR: human population growth threatens other species with extinction

Growing human populations crowd out other species, threatening many with extinction, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed 96 animal species as critically endangered in Australia alone. Endangered mammals include the brush-tailed bettong, mountain pygmy possum and northern hairy-nosed wombat. Critically endangered birds include the Christmas

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NEWS: 3 July 2013

Graduate scholarships available for the fenner conference!

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A number of scholarships are available to graduate students to attend the Fenner Conference at the Shine Dome, Canberra, on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October 2013. The scholarship pays for registration, lunch and teas though not the conference dinner. Graduate students can apply by writing to [email protected] saying, in 200 words or less, why

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MEDIA RELEASES: 1 July 2013

Burke must not forget population

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has expressed concern that Population has been dropped as a portfolio in the Rudd Cabinet but also says it is unlikely to make a great deal of difference. Minister Tony Burke who held the portfolio of population in the Gillard Government is now Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs, Citizenship and the Arts.

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MEDIA RELEASES: 4 June 2013

MR: it’s not just foodprint; it’s number of feet

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) supports this year’s World Environment Day antifood waste and food loss campaign that encourages people to reduce their food footprint, or ‘foodprint’. SPA maintains, however, that while reducing food waste is essential, future food security also depends on a rapid end to population growth. SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says

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