According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ‘housing supply and affordability’ will be the key priority when the National Cabinet meets in Brisbane on 16 August. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), however, to solve the housing crisis, government must deal with housing demand and not just supply. SPA National President Jenny Goldie notes that
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The latest Resolve Strategic public opinion survey on views about the level of migrant intake proves yet again that a large majority of Australians think our immigration levels and population growth are too high. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says it reinforces findings from previous surveys over several years and using a variety of sampling
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Too many migrants are finding themselves stranded unable to get jobs they are led to believe they are qualified for in Australia. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), they shouldn’t have been given skilled migrant visas in the first place. According to a recent report, only a third of permanent arrivals in Australia have
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On the eve of World Refugee Day (June 20), Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has criticised the Albanese Government for failing to deliver on its promise to expand the humanitarian intake to 27,000. In the recent budget, the government kept Australia in a holding pattern of 13,750 places. According to SPA, refugees were dumped in
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The Australia-India Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement reconfirms that Australian Prime Minister Albanese stands for an ‘Excessively Big Australia’, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Voters are coming off third best. Last week, Prime Minister Albanese and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi signed the Australia-India Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which aims to make it easier for
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A new report finds that Australia’s housing crisis cannot be solved without a major slowing of population growth. Australia is experiencing record population growth, with an extra 650,000 migrants this financial year and next, set to drive a 900,000 surge in total population. The report finds record population growth is creating a perfect housing storm,
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The Albanese government has been condemned for fuelling unprecedented population growth due to rocketing immigration. The President of Sustainable Population Australia, Jenny Goldie, was commenting on reports that Australia will experience the biggest two-year population surge in its history, with an extra 650,000 migrants this financial year and next, driving a 900,000 jump in
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In light of the latest statement from Treasurer Jim Chalmers about needing to lift net overseas migration (NOM) even more than the 235,000 cited in the Budget, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is asking: just how many more immigration hikes will there be? At the Jobs and Skills Summit in September, the Treasurer hiked permanent
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Response to new Centre for Population report Australia must stabilise its population below 30 million to stop the growing impacts on climate and biodiversity, as well as preserve quality of life, according to the environment organisation Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA president, Ms Jenny Goldie, was commenting on the latest report from the
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s proposed reforms to Australia’s environmental laws but says they must include policies that lead to an end to population growth. Minister Plibersek was responding to the 2020 scathing criticism of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act by Graeme Samuel. As part of the
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