13 November 2025

Welcome to the November 2025 edition of the SPA Newsletter.  With this edition,  we are proud to announce our new editor,  Mathisha Wahikala.  Mathisha brings her individual flair to the newsletter,  so long-term readers may notice a few changes in layout and direction.

Download the latest edition in PDF:  SPA Newsletter Issue 161 Nov 2025

For the last Newsletter for 2025,  we take this opportunity to reflect on the year that has been for SPA. In particular you will find:

• SPA in 2025: a year of impact (p1);
• Feature Article:  Prof. Corey Bradshaw keynote speaker at Adelaide event (p3);
• Meet our new editor,  Mathisha Wahikala and her approach to conveying the population message through digital storytelling (p2, p6);
• Meet our members:  Chris Watson (the inaugural president of Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population or AESP), which later became SPA (p4, p5);
• Book Review:  ‘Hope Dies Last’ by Alan Weisman (reviewed by our previous newsletter editor Jenny Goldie) (p9, p10);
• Campaign update report by SPA’s Communications Manager,  Michael Bayliss (p7, p8);
• Branch reports (p11, p12).

SPA Newsletter Issue 161 Nov 2025

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