Media Alert The United Nations predicts 15 November 2022 to be the day that the world population reaches eight billion. To mark this important milestone and to aid well-informed discussion, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has released a new Briefing Note: “8 Billion Day facts and myths”, which can be viewed here. Prepared by widely-published …
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As World Food Day (Sunday 16 October) approaches, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has warned that continuing population growth in many regions is making it harder to deliver sufficient safe, nutritious food to all people. SPA notes that those countries currently experiencing food insecurity, made even worse this year by extreme weather events and the …
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has called on the Jobs and Skills Summit to resist pressures to accelerate Australia’s population growth with a massive increase in immigration. SPA national president, Ms Jenny Goldie, says pressure by business on the government to lift immigration to 200,000 is more about wage suppression than a genuine solution to skills …
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Population growth of 8.3 million people since 1990 has caused a marked increase in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. The report also warns that continuing population growth in Australia, combined with climate change, will make Australians vulnerable to food, water and energy scarcities in the future. The lead author of the report is the …
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