Sustainable Population Australia Inc. Patrons: Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Em Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White Youth Ambassador: Ms Bindi Irwin Australia’s annual population growth rate of 1.6 per cent was alarmingly high, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Figures released on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Joint Media Release from Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) and Economic Reform Australia (ERA) Australia needs to be part of a global economic transition away from the pursuit of endless growth, and away from a world where those with capital and short-term interests call all the shots, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) and Economic Reform Australia
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) welcomes the drop in the population growth rate as reported by the Australian Bureaus of Statistics (ABS) on Friday. The growth rate in the year to 30 June 2014 was 1.6 per cent, or an increase of 364,900 over the previous year. The growth rate has declined slowly from over 2%
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The drop in Australia’s population growth rate from 1.8 to 1.7 per cent is a welcome trend though still much too high, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In the figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in the year ending 31 December 2013, the annual growth is Australia’s population fell below
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Amid all the talk by politicians and media about the imminent horror budget with cuts to many important services, Treasurer Joe Hockey fails to see the source of more than enough money to cover all these ‘holes’, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Cutting immigration significantly, and thus the population growth rate, would free billions
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The population environment advocacy group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), has called upon the Australian Bureau of Statistics to expand its recent population projections to include a scenario based upon Australia’s long-term average Net Overseas Migration (NOM). SPA’s NSW President, Mr Kris Spike says that the three projections offered by the ABS were based upon very
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By agreeing to be keynote speaker at the National Conference of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) tomorrow, Kevin Rudd is playing into the hands of the development lobby, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc (SPA). Rudd will be speaking on ‘Population Growth for a Stronger Economy’ at the UDIA conference in Melbourne. SPA National
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Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s decision to double Australia’s family planning funding to $50 million a year is a crucial and much welcome initiative, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Minister Carr made the announcement as a London Summit on Family Planning organised by the Gates Foundation and the UK Government sought funding of $2 billion
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Sustainable Population Australia Patrons: Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White population.org.au WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POPULATION STABILISATION INTEGRAL TO GREEN ECONOMY: Australian Governments opt for brown rather than a green economy While a green economy is a worthy theme for
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Australia’s foreign aid budget should mandate reproductive health services for all rural women Environment group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), is calling on the incoming Foreign Minister, Hon Bob Carr, to tie development projects to the provision of family planning within Australia’s overseas aid program. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and the UN theme
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