media releases 2025

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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Perth’s Population Surges as WA’s Environment Plummets

  As Perth’s population surges toward 3.5 million people by 2039, experts warn that there is no climate transition plan.   As Western Australia’s environment deteriorates, the Albanese government’s ‘priority critical minerals project’ will result in expansion of bauxite extraction in WA’s Jarrah forests. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth, globally and domestically, is

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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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World Contraception Day reminds us that access to contraception is a human right

  World Contraception Day (WCD) is a day of observation recognised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP).  The central focus of WCD is ‘a world where every pregnancy is desired’. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) upholds the rights of women to control their bodies.  As a result of the withdrawal of USAID, SPA calls on

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National Threatened Species Day 2025: population growth key driver of decline

  On this National Threatened Species Day, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) draws focus to the devastating and ongoing decline of Australia’s biodiversity. The Australia State of the Environment Report 2021 notes that human population growth contributes to pressures on the environment and has ‘very high impact’ on biodiversity.   Mr Peter Strachan, National President, Sustainable

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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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