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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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Australia’s total population well above ABS data

  Australia’s population could be a million more than estimated, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), taking Australia’s current population to over 29 million. By failing to recognise temporary visitors in total population figures, government agencies may be systematically under-provisioning for the number of actual residents in Australia. The Usual Residence definition that underpins the

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ABS data demonstrates that Federal Government does not have a population plan

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s Population growth in the year to June 2025 quarter was 420,000, up from 418,705 in the 12 months to March 2025. From September 2021 to June 2025 Australia’s estimated resident population has expanded by 1.91 million, of which 78.2 per cent or 1.49 million resulted

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Unprecedented population expansion lifts Australia’s housing costs.

Property data organisation Cotality, tallies Australian property price rises averaging 7.5 per cent nationwide, and 13.1 per cent in Perth, over the year to November 2025.  Source: https://www.cotality.com/au/insights/articles/housing-growth-eases-as-affordability-and-rates-loom-large Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that Australia must stabilise its population to ease the pressure on housing costs, effective through reducing Net Overseas Immigration (NOM) to 70,000

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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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SPA Statement on the March for Australia

  Mr Peter Strachan, National President, Sustainable Population Australia Comments attributable to Mr Strachan “The tone set by organisers of the ‘March for Australia’ has led to understandable concerns about possible infiltration from far right groups.” “The March has also provided perfect fodder for the promoters of Big Australia to claim any opposition to high

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Expert Alert: New report from Sustainable Population Australia offers six great solutions to immigration.

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) offers practical policy measures that can slow migration to manageable numbers, ultimately stabilising Australia’s population below 30 million.  These are available to read in a brand new report ‘6 Great Immigration Solutions’. This report provides logical and concise rationale in informing better policy on the critical issues of immigration and

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Treasury’s housing conclusion supports population pause.

According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), The Australian Treasury’s “accidental” release on housing supply is an admission of the following: Huge environmental and economic costs to build and maintain infrastructure for a rapidly expanding population. The government’s target for 1.2 million homes by mid-2029 is an illusion. Higher taxes are required to support public infrastructure

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