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New population data proves Australia is growing for broke.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals that Australia’s population expanded by 392,700 in the year to 30 March 2026, 292,100 of which from net oversees migration, lifting population towards 28 million, which was passed in early June 2026. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) observes that Australia’s infrastructure and natural environment remain under severe, worsening pressure

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The medicine is killing the patient – extreme housing shortage signals urgent need to reduce demand by stopping population growth.

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says that high levels of immigration experienced since 2005 increases rental costs and lowers vacancy rates. Government’s housing crisis fixes make the housing crisis worse by increasing demand through high levels of overseas migration and home buying support, that increases demand without increasing supply. Recent data showing national housing vacancy rates

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Australia’s biodiversity report card leaves out destructive population expansion

No mention is made of the undeniable impact of Australia’s population growth on the nation’s declining biodiversity in the government’s first report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity (KMGBF)’s monitoring framework appears to be a process to monitor decline rather than repair biodiversity loss. Australia’s population expanded by

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Death of Paul R Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, mourned by Sustainable Population Australia

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is mourning the death of Paul Ehrlich, aged 93, co-author with his wife Anne of the 1968 seminal book The Population Bomb. Dr Paul R Ehrlich was former Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at Stanford University’s Department of Biology. Ehrlich was a panellist on the ABC program ‘QandA’ in 2015, advocating on behalf

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It’s the numbers, stupid! — Sustainable Population Australia rejects race-based immigration rhetoric

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has rejected any suggestion that immigrants should be judged by race, religion or cultural background, stating that Australia’s population challenges are driven by scale, not identity. SPA argues that rapid population expansion — from any source — is placing pressure on: Housing affordability and availability Infrastructure funding and service delivery Environmental

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Perth’s Population Surges as WA’s Environment Plummets

  As Perth’s population surges toward 3.5 million people by 2039, experts warn that there is no climate transition plan.   As Western Australia’s environment deteriorates, the Albanese government’s ‘priority critical minerals project’ will result in expansion of bauxite extraction in WA’s Jarrah forests. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth, globally and domestically, is

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Population sustainability required for urban crisis response on World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations. On 6 October 2025, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day will be “urban crisis response”. https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth is a fundamental driver of the symptoms of the multiple

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National Threatened Species Day 2025: population growth key driver of decline

  On this National Threatened Species Day, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) draws focus to the devastating and ongoing decline of Australia’s biodiversity. The Australia State of the Environment Report 2021 notes that human population growth contributes to pressures on the environment and has ‘very high impact’ on biodiversity.   Mr Peter Strachan, National President, Sustainable

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