From the Sydney Morning Herald: Focus on family planning as Carr doubles foreign aid AS WORLD leaders convene for a major family planning summit in London, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, said Australia would double its overseas aid for family planning programs to more than $50 million a year by 2016.
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London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures – if fundamentalist religion will get out of the way Women around the world were rightly furious that the term “reproductive rights” was removed from the outcome document produced at the UN’s Rio +20 conference on sustainable development last month according to national environment group,
On- Saturday July 7th at 2.00p.m.
At- Balwyn Library Meeting Room, 336, Whitehorse Road Balwyn
There will be an election of office bearers for 2011-12- at the meeting. Financial members are invited to nominate for any of the following positions- president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, or committee member (5 positions)
Following formal business our guest speaker, Dr. Geoff Mosley will reflect on his 60 years of involvement with conservation, the lessons learned, and the way ahead.
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Lat last year Population Matters (www.populationmatters.org) issued a Joint International Position Statement on Population to which SPA is a signatory, that succinctly summs up the position of the world’s population now and recommends that “that the United Nations and intergovernmental organisations, governments, and non-governmental environment and development bodies” do the following: A. Recognise and
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Sustainable Population Australia Patrons: Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White population.org.au WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POPULATION STABILISATION INTEGRAL TO GREEN ECONOMY: Australian Governments opt for brown rather than a green economy While a green economy is a worthy theme for
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The Federal Government’s recent Budget decision to boost to skilled migration from 180,000 to 190,000 flies in the face of a survey that shows 51 per cent of Australians believe population growth is out of control, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).
Research by Australia shows the number of people wanting to close the border to immigration has risen from 41 per cent in 2005 to 51 per cent.
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Dr Jane O’Sullivan, an experienced expert campaigner and SPA’s Queensland Branch president, will attend the important Rio+20 meeting. We are fundraising to support her and SPA’s presence there. Please visit our main Rio+20 page for more details.
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With two months to go before the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Federal Government and Opposition should embrace the spirit of Earth Day on 22 April and commit themselves to environmental sustainability, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Sunday is the 42nd anniversary of the first Earth Day, founded by US Senator Gaylord
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SPA is conducting a petition on Austalia’s population: population.org.au/petition Contact: Rod Lintlacker via NSW SPA: [email protected] or via https://population.org.au/population-petition Status: Planning Petition statement: We, the undersigned, urge you, Minister Burke, to adopt a Population Policy that explicitly states population target bands for 2020, 2040 and 2060. SPA is attempting to get 100,000 signatures or e-signatures
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