Family Planning

ADELE HORIN, Sydney Morning Herald report of the latest study published in People and Place. The study by Dr Katharine Betts examines the reluctance of Politicians in Qld an NSW’s to support abortion is published in a journal of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University. Article Link:

YUKO NARUSHIMA, The Age – “AUSTRALIA has the second-best quality of life in the world and could pip Norway for top spot, the author of a UN report on migration and development says.” Article Link: http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-ranks-second-quality-of-life-20091005-gjej.html

Somewhere Peter Costello is smirking. ….. Stephanie Peatling November 15, 2009 thege.com.au Article Link:

AUSTRALIA has just had its biggest baby boom with a record 293,600 babies born last year, up 4 per cent or 11,400 babies on the year before. Almost one quarter – 71,175 – were born in Victoria. PETER MARTIN November 12, 2009 theage.com.au Article Link:

Vincent Fernando | Feb. 24, 2010 Article Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-1-child-policy-could-mess-counrty-up-for-100-years-2010-2

US representatives to Malawi have made a special appeal to authorities to put in place measures that will help control the growth of population in the country. By NYASA TIMES Published: February 24, 2010 Article Link:

The world’s two most populous nations – India and China – are placing a high priority on reproductive health and poverty alleviation as part of their efforts to meet the U.N.’s much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its 2015 deadline. Article Link: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp

TONY ABBOTT hopes a Coalition government’s family-friendly policies will boost Australia’s birth rate but at the same time says projected population increases – fuelled by a baby boom and high immigration – are not sustainable. Article Link: http://www.smh.com.au/national/abbott-wants-more-babies-fewer-people-20100409-ryu6.html