Videos

  Sustainable Population Australia is pleased to share the recording of the public forum “From Housing Crisis to Eco-Crisis: why Australia’s population growth is unsustainable.” This forum,  held in Adelaide on April 20th,  was hosted by the South Australian and Northern Territory branch of SPA.  The event was so well attended that it ended up …

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Dr. Katharine Betts, Patron of SPA, was a guest speaker at the 2023 National SPA AGM, hosted by the Victoria and Tasmania Branch in Melbourne. She presented the latest  report on voter views on Labor’s immigration policies from The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI). Dr. Betts is a demographer and researcher based in Australia. She …

Katharine Betts presents TAPRI report on voter views on immigration at SPA AGM 2023 Read More »

Geoff Hutchison interviewed WA SPA member Peter Strachan and Federal Senator for WA Hon. Dean Smith on the population debate. The interview was broadcast in August 2018.  At this time, Peter was standing for the Sustainable Australia Party (SAP) to whom he represented during this interview.   SPA and SAP share similar perspectives on population and …

SPA member Peter Strachan on ABC Perth 720 Read More »

Prof. Ian Lowe explains key point 1 from the new discussion paper from Sustainable Population Australia: “Population and Climate Change.”   Professor Ian Lowe is co-author of this new report along with Dr. Jane O’Sullivan and Dr. Peter Cook. It was commissioned by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) in Feb 2022. Ian Lowe is a patron …

Prof. Ian Lowe on ‘Population and Climate Change’ discussion paper Read More »

Some lobby groups and politicans want to increase population growth again. But many economists are now saying what most Australians already know – that high population growth puts downward pressure on wages for working people. Not to mention the impact on Australia’s natural environment. Find out more about why we should rethink a Big Australia …

70 Percent of Australians do not want a return to high population growth Read More »

Canberra residents are not going to keep quiet over their bulging city. Time to rethink Big Australia. Find out more. In the last decade, Australia has been growing by nearly 400 000 people per year, or the size of a new Canberra every year. Of course, our nation’s capital itself has absorbed much of this …

My Bulging City Read More »

The pandemic has put a pause on population growth due to border closures. BIG business is putting pressure on our political leaders for a post-pandemic population boom. Don’t let the developers decide our future and return us to a BIG Australia. NOW is the time to rethink a big Australia. Let’s choose a sustainable future …

Let’s rethink Big Australia Read More »

Chris Turner Regional Director of MSI recently spoke at the online Victoria and Tasmania Branch AGM.  He discussed some of the great work they are doing around the world to empower women and men with education and access to family planning and contraception access.   Please consider supporting Marie Stopes, more information at their website …

Marie Stopes International guest speaker at the VicTas AGM Read More »

On the 19th of February 2021, Sandra Kanck, National President of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) was invited to speak to the McWhirter Foundation on the topic: ‘Do we go big, and if so how big is big? What are the implications for the economy, the environment, our cities, our regions and for us?” Sandra was …

“Do we go big” – Sandra Kanck Presents to the McWhirter Foundation Read More »