His comments come as Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week continued to press the phrase ”sustainable population” into the pre-election political lexicon. In a speech targeting apparent voter concern in a swag of Labor marginal seats, Ms Gillard conceded the population would continue to grow. But the issue for Australia was the speed of that …
From a member of SPA, posted to the SPA members Group Popforum, I’ve just been checking the latest edition of the the ABS Labour Force Statistics (March 2010). As you probably know the overall unemployment rate is 5.3%, but for young people aged 15-19 it’s 18.2%, up from 14.6% in March 2007. If this were …
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Nearly 7 out of 10 Australian voters do not think Australia needs more people, and only 23 per cent favour growth via an active immigration policy, according to a survey recently completed by the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AusSSA) at the Australian National University. AusSSA included a series of questions about attitudes to population in …
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“The Lowy Institute survey confirms what the Coalition has repeatedly highlighted, that Australians have serious concerns about Kevin Rudd’s notion of a big Australia with 36 million people by 2050,” Mr Morrison said. “The Coalition is committed to a sustainable population growth path for Australia that meets the needs of our economy and maintains our …
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Sustainability and unsustainability are opposites, so are social inclusion and social exclusion. In theory, if we can define one, we can define the other and if we can measure one, we can measure the other. But in practice, who knows how to precisely define or accurately measure sustainability or social inclusion? Defining elements of social …
Noted in Australian Financial Revue in February was a series of letters that questioned the accuracy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures Unemployment and Underemployment. It was an interesting exchange of views that appears worthy of reproduction. AFR 8 February 2010 Political definition of unemployment David Lurie’s letter, “Underemployment must be addressed” (February 4), …
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OVERVIEW There were 10.9 million employed people aged 15 years and over in September 2009. Of these: 10 million (92%) were fully employed 899,500 (8%) were not fully employed of whom 811,600 were underemployed. Of the 811,600 underemployed workers: 735,900 usually worked part-time but would prefer more hours and were available to start work with …
Minister Wong’s response notes that “Whereas the last few hundred years …growth in our carbon pollution has essentially tracked our population and economic growth…The key issue here is breaking that link, not trying to reduce population.” Let’s look at some numbers. The average growth rate needed to increase Australia’s population 65% by the year 2050 …
The projected number of people on the planet Earth is now … The World Clock From www.PeterRussell.com.
(The full article was first published in Dot Earth, Blog, March 13, 2009 and republished in “The New York Times, Science issue Sunday June 21 2009. COPENHAGEN — A scientist known for his aggressive stance on climate policy made an apocalyptic prediction on Thursday. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact …
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