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Western Australia’s nation-leading population growth threatens water security

Rainwater runoff into Perth’s dams has become almost immaterial, forcing increased reliance on energy intensive desalinated water and ongoing over-pumping of ever deeper aquifers In 2024-25 Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS) supplied a total of 337 billion litres of water to customers. After subtracting summer evaporation losses, a desperately dry 2026 autumn and winter

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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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World Environment Day Tokenistic in a World of Endless Growth

In response to the approval of the Northwest Shelf gas extension, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that World Environment Day (WED), which falls on June 5th, is tokenistic unless the environmental movement addresses the cause of our environmental issues, rather than the symptoms. SPA Spokesperson Michael Bayliss says that while the theme of the 2025

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SPA welcomes new president and Patron

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed Metallurgist and corporate analyst Peter Strachan as its new president. Former leader of the Australian Democrats Dr John Coulter has also been appointed SPA’s sixth Patron. Mr Strachan is well known in the Perth community and has been active in the population debate for 45 years. For 17 years

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Farming at the core of environmental problems (APR)

CANBERRA, ACT Conversion from hunting and gathering to farming, a transition that allowed human population numbers to explode, lies at the heart of all our environmental problems, according to Duncan Brown. Brown, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wollongong, is the author of the recently published book: “Feed or

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ALP’s population commitment welcomed (sep)

CANBERRA, ACT The ACT ALP’s commitment to move to the development of a population policy, in which ecological impacts as well as economic implications would be considered, has been welcomed by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The commitment was part of the ALP’s sustainability policy released on 28 September. “For years it’s been the habit of

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Tasmanian branch of sustainable population Australia established (MAY)

HOBART, TAS On Saturday, 8 May 2004 a Tasmanian branch of Sustainable Population Australia was set up. Sustainable Population Australia Inc (SPA) is a non-profit community organisation committed to reducing population growth and highlighting the negative environmental and social effects of a growing population. Sustainable Population Australia has a branch in every other state. Australia’s

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