The Anglican Church wants Australians to have fewer children and has urged the federal government to scrap the baby bonus and cut immigration levels. The General Synod of the Anglican Church has issued a warning that current rates of population growth are unsustainable and potentially out of step with church doctrine – including the eighth
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http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~788777.aspx Denver Post Your Hub May 11, 2010 “More than one scientist has remarked that the human race is embarked on a vast, unplanned experiment to see what happens when we alter our environment,” said Lindsey Grant. “A refrain keeps beating incessantly in my head: we have changed the world more in the
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Apart from the irony of Rudd’s later attack on the miners as foreign companies sending their profits overseas, the Prime Minister’s defence of foreign students went to the heart of the economic, political and philosophical challenge of a mining boom creating a classic two-speed economy. That is, a commodity boom in Western Australia and Queensland
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I commend Birds Australia on the work it has put into this Report, and previous reports, since the first Report was initiated in 2003. I congratulate the various scientists and researchers who have produced this year’s Report, and I acknowledge my debt to some of you, such as David Paton, whose research and findings I
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Although this call for submissions is limited to specific environmental systems the ACF application makes it clear that it views human population growth as a general threatening process to biodiversity and to the environment The ACF was a leader in promoting the population issue many years ago. Thanks are undoubtedly due to our Patron Professor
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There are plenty of examples around the world where resource based economies, almost all of which do not rely on a large fraction of their population to produce the export income, are worse off with large populations. Compare the UK with Norway, both supposedly rich from North Sea oil. The UK, with a population of
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By Peter Ridd – posted to On-Line Opinion, Thursday, 13 August 2009 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9283&page=0 Latest statistics show that Australia’s population is growing at a rate of more than a million every three years. This growth rate is being driven primarily by record rates of immigration and a relative young population, itself a product of rapid
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By Peter Ridd – posted to On-Line Opinion, Thursday, 13 August 2009 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9283&page=0 Latest statistics show that Australia’s population is growing at a rate of more than a million every three years. This growth rate is being driven primarily by record rates of immigration and a relative young population, itself a product of rapid past
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Famine and civil rights in India – The Health Report from the ABC Radio National DOWNLOAD AUDIO From the land of Bollywood, a huge IT industry, India — the much touted success story of a developing nation turning into a sophisticated advanced country — comes the disturbing story of an eminent doctor
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Population aging is a triumph of civilization. It is the inevitable consequence of attaining desired smaller family sizes, lower mortality rates and longer lives, with many living beyond 100 years. This achievement, however, requires vital social and economic adjustments to expected future demographic realities. In particular, population aging raises critical issues for countries, states and
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