Head, Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Australian Museum, Sydney January 2000 © On Line Opinion The global population is now six billion, having doubled since 1960 and trebled since 1927. While there has been much progress in health and living standards for some, the environmental consequences of this explosive growth are devastating; every minute 27 hectares
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IMMIGRATION – A BATTLEGROUND WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS By Dr John Coulter Leader Australian Democrats 1991-3 Published in People and Place, Vol. 9, No. 3 – October 2001 Just as in the general community, a hard fought debate has been going on for many years within the Australian Democrats over a population/immigration policy for Australia. While
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Dr Harry Cohen is the National President of Sustainable Population Australia 18 September 2001 © The Australian YEARS ago, when Malcolm Fraser claimed Australia could, and therefore should, sustain a population of 50 million, Australian National University philosopher David Bennett tersely remarked: “The red danger line on your engine’s heat gauge is not the place
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National Director of Sustainable Population Australia 17 January 2002 © The Sydney Morning Herald Immigration must fall within the bounds of ecological sustainability if Australia is not to become a wasteland, writes Jenny Goldie. As more and more asylum seekers press on our shores, we need to know how many people this country can sustain. Social
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10 February 2002 © New York Times BOMBAY, Feb. 9 — To be poor and female on the streets of India’s largest city is to exact a punishing daily self-discipline: to relieve yourself only before sunrise and after sunset. For Selvi, a mother of four who lives in a shantytown on the banks of the
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© Australian Geographic Oct – Dec 2003 This old, dry continent simply can’t cope with any more people. AUSTRALIA’S POPULATION grows by a quarter of a million annually and is about 20 million. By mid-century we’ll hit 25 million. I believe our current population is unsustainable, putting unacceptable strains on our fragile resources. We desperately
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4 November 2003 © The Sydney Morning Herald There has been a barrage of propaganda in favour of Australia aiming for a higher population figure than that which demographic trends suggest will be the case. Will there be 25 or 30 million Australians in 2030? Should we aim for 40 million by 2050? If so,
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National Director of Sustainable Population Australia 13 November 2003 © Canberra Times WHAT must we do to achieve a sustainable society? About 200 people will gather in Canberra tomorrow to address this question. A conference at the Shine Dome will draw together the threads of the Internet “In Search Of Sustainability” conference that has run
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National Director of Sustainable Population Australia 14 November 2003 SPEECH TO ISOS CONFERENCE Bryan Furnass, Bob Douglas and I sat down a year ago to organise this ISOS conference. We chose nine themes, broadly divided between environmental, social and economic issues. The national executive of my organisation, Sustainable Population Australia, was less than
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Population growth, migration and four Millennium Development Goals (73Kb)– Colin D. Butler, Jan 06 Halt the population express (43Kb) – Jenny Stewart, Canberra Times, 18 Dec 06 AUSTRALIA MUST STABILISE ITS POPULATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (24Kb) – Jenny Goldie, Sceptics Debate, 21 Aug 07 Population Choices and Australia’s Water Supply – David Kault SPA North
