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Australians don’t want more population growth: Survey

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) recently teamed up with online news site YourLifeChoices. We invited the YourLifeChoices readership to participate in a survey regarding their attitudes toward population growth in Australia. Nearly 500 people responded and the results were overwhelmingly in support of a better, not bigger Australia. For example: 76% of respondents believe Australia does …

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SPA president interviewed on Gippsland FM for Earth Day

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On the 21st April 2022, SPA’s national president, Jenny Goldie, was interviewed by Gippsland FM 104.7 Thursday Breakfast. The interview was in response to our media release for Earth Day: “Invest in our planet by ending population growth.” Gippsland FM were kind to send us a recording of the interview which we are proud …

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Rethinking Big Australia: the impacts of COVID-19

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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) COVID statement 2021 Read the full statement here On New Year’s Eve 2020, Australians were ready to say goodbye to a challenging and difficult 2020 while anticipating a freer and more joyous 2021. Our last mild, rainy summer on the east coast offered an omen of hope and reprieve following the …

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SPA interviewed by overpopulation podcast

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SPA’s own Communications Manager – Michael Bayliss – was interviewed by the Overpopulation Podcast The overpopulation podcast is run by USA based organization ‘World Population Balance‘ who took the brave step to do the only known podcast anywhere that focuses on population. Michael was interviewed just after the bush fire disaster and just as COVID-19 …

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Results of new TAPRI survey

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Immigration –TAPRI survey Our friends at TAPRI (The Australian Population Research Institute) have released the results of their 2018 annual survey, coincidentally and unfortunately on the day the federal election was called – so there was only one story in town that day. That’s a pity because their report is about an issue which will …

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SPA takes on liz allen, Australia’s extinction crisis, and revamps our popforum

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President message: e-news, Oct 012018 SPA’s activism on your behalf continues with our submission to the Senate Environment Committee’s inquiry into ‘Australia’s Faunal Extinction Crisis’. You can read it here: https://population.org.au/articles/2018-09-18/spas-submission-senate-environment-committees-inquiry-australias-extinction. In April communication within SPA’s Yahoo groups became all but impossible, and as a consequence 80 or so members who are part …

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Population: have we made any progress at all?

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Jenny Goldie This title was prompted by a recent question from a member of SPA, who wondered whether the considerable money he had donated over the years had been cost effective. It led to my reflecting on whether SPA has indeed made any progress over the past 29 years since the organisation was founded. Let’s …

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Dick Smith rally at Adelaide advertiser

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Dick Smith, one of Australia’s most prominent population campaigners, addressed a rally outside the Adelaide Advertiser protesting press censorship especially on the issue of population and economic growth.

The video of his full speech is now available via Youtube.

A population parable

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Once there was a village with 10 families who shared a 1000 litre waste bin between them. This meant they could each put in 100 litres of waste before the bin was full. The waste collection truck would come each month and swap the bin with another 1000 litre bin. However one day the waste …

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Water woes. (Canberra times 20070126)

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No question about it, Malcolm Turnbull is a pretty bright fellow, and therefore a welcome addition to a government not overburdened with them. He should certainly be smart enough to work out that his big job of saving water is being made so much the harder by substantial increases each year in the number of …

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