Submissions to inquiries
Submission to Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia
On 22 June 2023 the Senate referred an inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report, with an interim report to be presented by 23 September 2023 to aid in the deliberations of the National Cabinet on renters’ rights, and a final report to be presented by 28 November ...
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Submission to inquiry into Migration, Pathway to Nation Building
This submission (PDF) is to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee inquiry into Migration, Pathway to Nation Building. Summary and Recommendations If nation building is about a shared vision for the betterment of the community and a healthy environment, then the best choice for Australia is a low level of net migration which supports a stable population size. NOM ...
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Submission to the Employment White Paper
Submission to the Employment White Paper, 28 November 2022 Summary of key arguments Lower migration is key to building a better-trained and more productive workforce, to boosting incomes and living standards and creating more opportunities for more Australians. Lower migration will enrich disadvantaged Australians in the workforce, boost workforce participation of ...
Submission to Review of the Migration System for Australia’s Future
Read the full version here (PDF), including 13 recommendations. SUMMARY Australia’s future prosperity depends on a sustainable scale of migration, based on a vision for an ecologically sustainable population and economy. NOM around 60,000 per year would enable Australia’s population to stabilise below 30 million people. The vast experiment of accelerating ...
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Submission to Dept of Home Affairs consultation on Australia’s 2022-23 Migration Program
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Australia’s immigration policy is its de facto population policy. In setting Australia’s immigration policy, the Minister for Home Affairs is setting Australia’s population policy. Home Affairs should therefore advise the Minister that population growth has these costs: 1. Harming the environment. 2. Reducing Australians’ quality of life. 3. ...
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Submission to inquiry into Australia’s skilled migration program
Extract from the SPA submission: “Australia’s skilled migration program (both permanent and temporary) has been a major part of Australia’s high migrant intake over the past two decades. SPA does not believe it desirable to return to the prepandemic ‘normal’ of high immigration and high population growth. We believe that, if asked, this would also be ...
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National Water Reform Inquiry: submission in response to draft report
“Despite frequent references in the Draft Report to the challenges posed by population growth, nowhere is it acknowledged that this growth is avoidable and occurs at the discretion of the Federal government through its control of immigration and its promotion of higher birth rates. The Commission has noted the impacts of a growing human population on water ...
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SPA submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into National Water Reform
On 22nd May 2020, the Productivity Commission (PC) released their terms of reference asking for public submissions into their inquiry regarding national water reform. According to their website: “Under the Water Act 2007 (Cth), the Commission is required to undertake three-yearly inquiries into the progress of reform in Australia’s water resources sector. This ...
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SPA submission to the temporary migration parliamentary inquiry
On 5 December 2019, The Federal Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee on Temporary Migration to inquire into and report on the impact temporary migration has on the Australian economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions. SPA wrote a submission in response to the inquiry. All submissions can be read at the Inquiry ...
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20 to 50 year bold vision for expanded CBD
Minister for Planning The Hon. Matthew Guy, MLC Level 7, 1 Spring Street Melbourne Victoria, 3000 Dear Mr. Guy, Now is probably one of the most critical times in Melbourne’s history with regard to planning. Unlike any decade in the last 100 years, we face an increasingly difficult future where our sustainability hangs in the balance. ...