Australians have decisively rejected returning to pre-covid levels of high immigration and high population growth according to the latest survey by TAPRI (The Australian Population Research Institute). The survey finds that 70 percent of Australians have rejected the annual net migration of 240,000 people prior to COVID-19 as too high. More significantly, 69 percent …
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Feb 19, 2002 A population policy must recognise the environmental constraints of our land, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr Harry Cohen, said today that some of the organisers of the forthcoming Population Summit in Melbourne seemed unaware of these constraints when they called for a population of 50 million. …
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Sep 6, 2002 Efforts made at the Johannesburg Summit would have a better chance of success had human population been recognised as being at the core of sustainable development, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The World Summit on Sustainable Development finished this week with a series of commitments on priority areas including water and …
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Aug 18, 2002 The onus of proof is on the Bracks’ Government to explain what benefit there will be to squeezing a million more residents into already overcrowded Melbourne, according to the Victorian branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). In the Metropolitan Strategy, to be released next month, Melbourne’s 31 local councils will be grouped …
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Feb 22, 2002 Property developers and the housing industry have most to gain from immigration-driven population growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). While polls taken over the last three decades have shown that the majority of people feel immigration levels to be “too much” or “about right”, businesses and individuals associated with property development …
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Despite claims in the CSIRO Report ‘Future Dilemmas’ that Australia can technically support 50 million people, it would put unbearable strains on the environment, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). ‘Future Dilemmas’ is being launched in Sydney today by the Minister for Immigration, Philip Ruddock. It looks at three population scenarios for 2050: low, medium …
Humans should not continue to increase their numbers lest nature impose its own controls, according to world expert on population issues, Dr David Pimentel. Dr Pimentel was speaking prior to his departure for Australia where he will give public addresses in Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide this week. His visit coincides with World Population Day on …
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Australia can cope with an ageing population without boosting fertility or immigration, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). National Vice-President of SPA, Dr John Coulter, said today that although there will be more people aged over 65 in coming years, increased aged dependency will be largely off-set by a decline in youth dependency. “In a …
Were greater wealth for Australians the real objective of the organisers of the forthcoming Population Summit in Melbourne, they would advocate an end to population growth immediately, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). National President of SPA, Dr Harry Cohen, said today that anyone looking at the world rankings in terms of GDP per capita, …
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