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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 …

Population growth stymies greenhouse targets (Mar) Read More »

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 …

Queensland Environment Groups Call for Moratorium on Growth in SEQ (Jun) Read More »

‘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 …

Generosity Hides Greed (Nov) Read More »

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 …

Latest population figures ‘Sheer Madness’ (Sept) Read More »

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 …

Government Inaction on Population Growth Is Destroying South East Queensland (Apr) Read More »

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 …

Governments Making Water Situation Worse (May) Read More »

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. …

Rudd Also ‘Yesterday’s Man’ (Apr) Read More »

Thursday 1 March 2007 A public forum held in the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, 24th February, called for a delay in the finalisation of all South East Queensland growth plans until after the next local government elections in 2008.   The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2002-2026 (SEQ Regional Plan) requires each local government in …

Public Forum calls for moratorium on SEQ growth (Mar) Read More »

Monday 30 April 2007 The Queensland Government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan suggests each of us should be consuming only 270 litres per person per day by 2010, 30L/person/day down on the current rate. However, this is only a small fraction of the water we consume say conservationists. Mr Simon Baltais, President of Sustainable Population …

Queensland Growth Draining Our Water Away (Apr) Read More »