Brian Thompson, an SPA member, has written this booklet for children.“This booklet is based on my interpretation of what the Scout Leader, Lord Baden-Powell, would be thinking about in these current and uncertain times. What would he be saying to today‟s young people?” It has been updated in 2013. Please feel free to download it!
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Roy Beck delivered this talk to SPA, Victoria branch member on the 1st of January, 2013.
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The latest report from CPUR, the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash Uni (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/cpur/) has been released and is entitled “Immigration Overshoot”. This from the report’s Summary:
“Australia has been in the grip of a boom mentality over the last decade. As in other such booms, governments and business enterprises seem to lose the capacity to reality-test claims, such as those from the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, that Australia faces enormous growth in the demand for workers.” and “This report argues that the immigration intake is too high. It shows that under the current employment conditions several of the major visa subclasses need to be culled.”
The entire report is attached: Report in PDF
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Richard Heinberg's address at the ANU in Canberra on the Friday 21 September was recorderd by Rod Taylor who has allowed us to link to that recording here. You can play it by using the player below or download it as an MP3 audio file to listen to later.
Richard Heinberg's Canberra Address:
Download the MP3 from our copy’s location.
Rod's blog for the Fuzzy Logic Science Shown on Radio 2XX is at http://fuzzylogicon2xx.
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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.
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Kelvin Thompson, Federal Member for Wills in Coburg, Melbourne, has again pointed out that “A bigger Melbourne is not a better Melbourne”. Fimmaker and SPA member Fred Zervas has recorded his speech which you can see at: http://vimeo.com/36865208
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‘Preparing the nation, your community and family for peak oil and deflation in the coming economic environment.’ Monday 13 February, 7pm – 9pm CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton (turn up the hill at the roundabout in Clunies Ross Street) Chaired by Dr Richard Denniss Executive Director, The Australia Institute Entry by
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SPA NSW President, Kris Spike, has had an article published in the Newcastle Herald on the 29th of October entitled Control births, feed and teach the living. Control births, feed and teach the living (PDF, 1.97MB) The problem is people and the solution is money for family planning programs, writes Kris Spike. Kris Spike is
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Some global media is taking note of the dubious milestone of 7 Billion people on earth such as the UK's Guardian. It has published an article by Roger Martin, chair of SPA's UK counterpart, Population Matters. We don't currently see any major Australian newspapers publishing articles similar to this. Article Publication: The Guardian, UK Article
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This paper examines whether over the long term, empirical data supports Neo-Malthusian fears that exponential population growth would lead to increasing resource scarcity, and that increases in population, affluence and technology would worsen human and environmental well-being. Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development By Indur M. Goklany Article Link: http://www.ejsd.org/public/journal_article/11
