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Australia still at ‘third world’ rates of population growth

Continuation of a third-world pace of population growth, at 2.1% pa, puts further pressure on Australia’s housing, infrastructure and fragile environment, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA national President Peter Strachan was responding to today’s ABS population figures that revealed Australia grew by 552,000 in the year to 30 June 2024, more than 80 per

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No surprise that report finds half Australians think immigration too high

The finding by the Scanlon Foundation that nearly half Australians (49%) think immigration is too high should come as no surprise, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The 2024 report Mapping Australia’s Cohesion found there is growing belief that immigration is too high and is strongly related to economic and housing issues rather than attitudes

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Immigration an election issue as prominent Australians join the call to stabilise Australia’s population

  Dick Smith (AC), Prof. Ian Lowe and Prof.  Anne Poelina have joined over seventeen thousand Australians in signing a position statement calling for the stabilisation of Australia’s population. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) National President, Peter Strachan said,“ Australians are angry about the impact of rapid population growth on their lives and are frustrated that

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Australia is Overpopulated and has Breached its Ecological Limits

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) calls for sensible public policy that takes heed of the driest continent’s ecological limits to growth, as demonstrated by a record of steady environmental decline over the past 100 years. Capping annual net migration below 70,000 to ensure Australia’s population remains below 30 million, would limit further degradation. SPA’s President,

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It’s the population growth – stupid! SPA Responds to ABS data

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) congratulates Australians for making a sensible and sustainable choice to have smaller families. Despite the nation’s total population rising by 8.2 million since 2000, The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that 15,900 fewer babies were born in the year to December 2023 than in the previous year, limiting natural population

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Thousands of Australians call for an end to rapid population growth

  Many well-known and respected names such as Dick Smith AO, economist Leith van Onselen and Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, have joined over twelve thousand Australians to sign a position statement calling for the stabilisation of Australia’s population. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) National President, Peter Strachan, said the Position Statement went public in the last

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Coalition’s plan for 160,000 NOM a step in the right direction

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed the federal Coalition’s plan to reduce annual net overseas migration (NOM) to 160,000, saying it is “a step in the right direction”. In the year ending 30 September 2023, NOM reached 548,800. SPA national president, Peter Strachan, says recent levels of NOM were totally unsustainable in social and

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