Oct 23, 2003 Sustainable Population Australia supports the “Make it Here or Jobs Disappear” rally. Mr Jock Ferguson , Secretary of the WA branch of the AMWU is quoted in the West Australian 23 October 2003 as saying that the AMWU campaign, “… aims to pressure developers and the Government into using local labour and …
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Jul 9, 2003 Population growth is the root cause of many of the world’s conflicts, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National President Dr Harry Cohen says a prime example is the situation in the Solomon Islands where Australian troops are being sent to keep order. “This small island nation has a fragile resource …
Oct 23, 2003 First we sold the gas, then we sold the jobs. Resource companies developing the gas fields of the NW shelf are approximately 90% foreign owned. The majority of the gas is being sold to China. According to the government itself, the gas is being sold at rock bottom prices. In …
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SYDNEY, NSW Dec 4, 2003 for 20 Million Day – 4 December 2003 Now that Australia’s population is about to pass 20 million, policies must be set in place to see an end to further growth, according to the NSW branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). NSW President Tomi Strugar says continuing growth has profound implications …
Canberra, ACT Dec 4, 2003 for 20 Million Day – 4 December 2003 Twenty million people on a continent with a fragile environment is more than enough, according to one of four eminent Australians who are all Patrons of Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). Broadcaster and author, Dr Paul Collins, says no country has infinite resources …
www.isosconference.org.au Jointly organised and managed by: Australia 21 Limited www.australia21.org.au Nature and Society Forum www.natsoc.org.au Sustainable Population Australia population.org.au ISOS Conference continues: Deep Cuts Needed In Emissions To Avert Climate Change Reductions of 70 percent or more in global greenhouse gas emissions are necessary in order to stabilise the atmosphere, according to Dr Graeme Pearman, Chief Scientist at …
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The combined forces of economic and population growth are responsible for Australia’s unparalleled species loss, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In April this year, the Commonwealth Government’s National Land and Water Resources Audit on the state of terrestrial biodiversity described what some have called an “ecological crisis”. It reported that nearly 3000 bushland …
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The claim by the Australian Industry Group that higher levels of immigration will benefit the economy is selfish and ignorant, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Deputy National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says that there is no statistical correlation between population size, population rate of growth and GDP growth per capita in OECD …
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Barney Foran, co-author of the landmark study of the economy and life quality according to different populations, will address a public meeting at the Australian Museum in Sydney tomorrow (Thursday 10 April). The study, called “Future Dilemmas”, modelled three different population scenarios for Australia for 2050. It was commissioned by the Department of Immigration and …
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New laws that open the way for thousands more parent migrants are completely unwarranted and will cause a further blow-out in the family reunion program, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Federal Parliament passed laws yesterday increasing the parent quota from 500 to 4500, including a new category of 3500 if they paid $35,000 per …
