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Population growth rate figures even more shocking than last quarter

  The population growth rate figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday are even more shocking than those released three months ago, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). According to the ABS, for the year ending 30 September 2023, Australia’s population growth rate was 2.5%, equivalent to that of Nigeria, Senegal and Somalia,

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Growing global population placing increasing demand on water

  Media release for World Water Day (22 March 2024) Water, a finite resource, is under growing pressure from growing populations at both national and global levels, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). According to SPA, this threatens both social and international stability. SPA national president Jenny Goldie says currently about half the world’s population experiences

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Too little too late: immigration tweaks will be far from sustainable

  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says that, while some aspects of the migration reform package are welcome and long overdue, it falls short in reducing migration to a sustainable level. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil is misleading the Australian people in claiming that these reforms will bring us back to a ‘normal’ and ‘sustainable’ level

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Human Rights Day: Protect human rights of women and children in areas of conflict

  MEDIA RELEASE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, 10 December. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) calls for the protection of the human rights of women and children in areas of conflict, not least Gaza and the Ukraine. SPA condemns both the 7 October attack against the people of Israel, including the horrific rape of women, and the

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Annual growth of well over half a million undemocratic and unacceptable

  Australia’s annual growth of 2.2 per cent (563,200 people) is undemocratic and unacceptable according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Today the ABS released its figures to the year ending 31 March 2023 showing the growth comprised Net Overseas Migration (NOM) of 454,400 and natural increase of 108,800. SPA National President Ms Jenny Goldie says

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Living on borrowed time: Earth Overshoot Day on 2 August means the rest of the year is in overshoot

  Tomorrow, 2 August, is Earth Overshoot Day for this year, the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year is estimated to exceed Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources. By the end of the year, we will have used 1.7 times the sustainable resource limit. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), that’s bad enough, but Australia’s Overshoot

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Resolve survey strongly confirms that majority of Australians think immigration too high

  The latest Resolve Strategic public opinion survey on views about the level of migrant intake proves yet again that a large majority of Australians think our immigration levels and population growth are too high. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says it reinforces findings from previous surveys over several years and using a variety of sampling

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