Dear SPA supporters In this issue you will find a front page story about the loss of one Patron, Dr John Coulter, and gaining another, Prof Anne Poelina. There follows obituaries for not just John Coulter, but also for Prof Ian Clark, a benefactor of SPA. There is an article on welcoming population decline; a
SPA Newsletter 157 – November 2024 Read More »
SA/NT Branch Submission to the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan Read More »
On 23 September 2024, the South Australian State Government released the draft Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (The Plan) for public consultation by 4 November 2024. An analysis of all written submissions and survey responses will be incorporated within the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan Engagement Report, anticipated for release in early-2025. The Plan will replace ...
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed news that Australia’s fertility has fallen to 1.5 children per woman, dismissing media claims it represents an economic crisis.”. Australian National University demographer Liz Allen said on ABC radio, “Once we hit this figure, we are basically staring down the barrel of no return.” SPA national president Peter
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Media release (World Food Day 16/10 and International Poverty Eradication Day 17/10) Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ‘No Poverty’ and ‘Zero Hunger’ – both by 2030 – cannot be achieved while world population continues an inexorable climb. SPA national president Peter Strachan says 692 million people
Hunger and poverty resurgent as world population continues to climb Read More »
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed Professor Anne Poelina, a renowned First Australian academic who is very active on social equality issues, as the new patron. Prof Poelina joins respected names, including Dr Katharine Betts, Dr Paul Collins, and Professors Tim Flannery, the Hon Bob Carr, and Ian Lowe, as a patron of SPA.
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To mark World Contraception Day on 26 September, Sustainable Population Australia says access to contraception is a human right, yet 257 million women globally are trying to avoid pregnancy without access to any form of modern contraception. This makes them vulnerable to unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and preventable maternal death. SPA national president Peter
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Without a mature discussion on population growth, the housing crisis will extend for years to come, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National president Peter Strachan says there is deep denial within the government that population is the main factor driving housing demand. “The government’s focus is on supply while the demand side
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September 13 marks thirty years since the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo effectively denounced population stabilisation as a development goal. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues it is time for a reset. “World population is still growing by about 90 million a year,” notes SPA spokesperson Dr Jane O’Sullivan.
Thirty years is too long to turn a blind eye to world population growth Read More »
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is today paying tribute to its Patron and former senator for South Australia, Dr John Coulter, who died yesterday in Adelaide aged 93 after a long illness. SPA national president, Peter Strachan, says Dr Coulter was a great environmentalist who advocated for an ecologically sustainable population for over half a century.
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A new international student cap is a welcome reduction but 270,000 per annum is still too high, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), particularly in light of the governmentâs expressed intention of keeping net overseas migration (NOM) to 260,000 p.a. SPA national president Peter Strachan says excessive numbers of overseas students have contributed to unacceptably
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