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SPA newsletter 123 – Mar 2016
In this issue you will find a full analysis of SPA’s groundbreaking survey of Australia’s attitudes to population growth. There are articles also on climate change and two book reviews: “Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie” and “Climate, Fire and Human Evolution”. nl201603_123.pdf
SPA newsletter 122 – Dec 2015
Simon Ross of UK’s Population Matters explains why apparently progressive people fail to understand the significance of population pressures Report on National Science Week debate Can Science Save Humanity? Professor Mark Beeson looks at the current mass population movements from the Middle-East and Africa and asks Is This the End of Western Europe? […]
SPA newsletter 121 – Sep 2015
Dr Paul Murtagh analyses Paul Ehrlich’s population bomb arguments and finds that Ehrlich was right Journalist Crispin Hull writes about Australia’s serious infrastructure backlog Research Fellow Samuel Alexander tells us that “If everyone lived in an ‘eco-village’ the earth would still be in trouble” Economics commentator Leith van Onselen says we should […]
SPA newsletter 120 – Jun 2015
Dr Hayden Washington examines that much abused term ‘sustainability’ SPA patron Professor Ian Lowe argues for the need for community values to be transformed if we are to have any hope of changing our politicians’ growth fixation. Peter McDonald’s comments about demography in the Feb 2015 edition sparks further discussion Dr John […]
SPA newsletter 119 – Feb 2015
Hon. Kelvin Thomson MP talks about Australia’s continuing population growth and its impacts on employment Peter McDonald, Professor of Demography at Australian National University, tells us there are no formal qualifications required to call oneself a demographer Economics analyst Leith van Onselen compares the employment rates of Roy Morgan Research and the Australian […]
SPA newsletter 118 – Nov 2014
World population predictions for 2100 Dr Walter Youngquist: Energy and population Dr Nick Ware: What is the ideal population? Dr David Kault: Ebola for catastrophists Obituary of SPA member, Dr Tony McMichael, “the gentle giant of epidemiology” Book review: Sustainable Futures – Linking population, resources and the environment (editors Jenny […]
SPA newsletter 117 – Sep 2014
Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference told that if we are to provide food for nine billion we must invest in women, which must include sexual health and reproductive rights. Tim Roberts and Nigel Stace (University of Newcastle): Mankind – ten billion or two billion? Facing the 21st Century version of the Four Horsemen of the […]
SPA newsletter 116 – Jun 2014
Katharine Betts: Ageing a triumph, not a disaster Nicholas Stuart: A bigger population will not guarantee more prosperity Leith van Onselen: High immigration is creating an illusion of growth Associate Prof William Grey: population, resources, and the environment in the 21st century Em Prof Tony McMichael AO: Climate change, other disruptive […]
SPA newsletter 115 – Apr 2014
University of Hawaii study shows that population growth has been downplayed, trivialised or ignored in scientific, environmental, public and political circles Paul Ehrlich speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science How about tradeable baby credits? Research from UK’s Population Matters showing the costs of growing population in that country […]
SPA newsletter 114 – Feb 2014
Latest statistics show 1.8% annual population growth rate for Australia, three times the OECD average Bindi Irwin – SPA’s new Youth Ambassador Population policies of some political parties contesting the South Australian state election: Stop Population Growth Now, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Greens and Australian Democrats State of the Planet in 1630 […]