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26 March 2007 A record 135,000 babies were born in the last six months in Australia, and immigration has reached a 17 year high, making the task of meeting future greenhouse gas emission targets virtually unattainable, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc (SPA). Australia’s latest population growth rate of 1.32 per cent – considered high

Thursday, 14 June 2007 Environment groups meeting at Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast last Sunday, 10th June, called for a moratorium on Local Growth Management Strategies (LGMS’s) under the South East Queensland Regional Plan until after the local government elections in 2008, when local residents would have the chance to vote for candidates based

‘Both Labor and the Coalition simulate generosity to home buyers while deliberately, and with selfish motive, driving up house prices through rapid and forced population growth’ said Dr John Coulter today, commenting on the announced policies of both parties. ‘The various subsidies and handouts promised by both parties to would-be struggling home buyers will circulate

25 September 2007.  It is sheer madness for Australia to assume it can sustain population growth figures of 307,100 per annum, or 1.5 per cent, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). Figures released yesterday from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that 54 per cent of this growth was from net overseas migration

The inaction of the Queensland Government to implement stronger planning controls on population growth in South East Queensland is resulting in the destruction of the region’s many values say conservationists. A public forum titled “Populating the life out of paradise” held at Redlands IndigiScapes on Saturday, noted that SEQ’s population growth was unsustainable, resulting in

16 May 2007 By promoting population growth, every government in Australia is conspiring against its citizens to make the water situation in Australia worse, according to Sustainable Population Australia inc (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says the water savings that each Australian is called upon to make are being rapidly and deliberately

29 April 2007. Kevin Rudd’s commitment to endless population and consumption growth makes him just as much ‘Yesterday’s man’ as John Howard, according to Sustainable Population Australia Inc (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, says Kevin Rudd should be careful that his own house is in order before he calls John Howard names.