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Growing congestion in our cities: infrastructure costs make us all worse off
The latest Infrastructure Australia assessment shows, yet again, that red-hot population growth is causing congestion and frustration in our cities, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Infrastructure Australia has warned that investment in infrastructure is not keeping up with population growth. The report has estimated the cost to the economy of transport congestion in our …
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Earliest ever earth overshoot day
Sustainable Population Australia has voiced great concern that Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) is occurring three days earlier than last year. In 2019, it is 29 July, the earliest ever. According to the Global Footprint Network, EOD marks the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate in that year. In …
Bob Birrell receives SPA unsung hero award
On July 20th, Professor Bob Birrell met with the Victoria and Tasmania branch of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) to receive his award as the inaugural winner of the Mary E White Unsung Hero award. The winner was announced at the Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) Annual General Meeting in Brisbane in April. Bob was presented his award …
Annual population growth passes 400,000: unsustainable
Australia’s total population growth has soared past 400,000 in the figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), this is completely unsustainable in environmental, economic and social terms. SPA National President, Sandra Kanck, says 61.4 per cent of total growth (404,800) was from net overseas migration (248,400 people). …
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World Population Day – Sustainable Population Australia Victoria challenges growth at free public event as Melbourne’s population heads towards 12 million.
July 11th is World Population day, marking the 30th anniversary since the global population hit 5 Billion on 11th of July, 1989. This week, it will be 7.7 billion, and UN estimates it will reach 11.2 billion by 2100. Australia’s population growth rate is three times higher than other OECD nations, growing by 400,000 in …
World environment day – more people, more pollution.
On this year’s World Environment Day (5 June), countries must recognise that more population translates to more air pollution, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Using satellite observations, a 2013 NASA study revealed that, as urban populations grew from one to ten million people, air pollution increased. In the US, Europe and India, air pollution …
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Political parties must acknowledge population growth as a leading cause of biodiversity loss
In response to the sweeping U.N. report that says one million species are at risk of extinction, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) urges our federal and state governments and political parties to urgently acknowledge that population growth is a leading cause of biodiversity loss. The report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …
Federal election candidates will explain their position on Australia’s rapid population growth at SPA forum
Federal election candidates will explain their position on Australia’s rapid population growth at a free public forum on Saturday 27 April, to be held at Griffith University. The forum is organised by the environmental advocacy group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), in the interests of more open and informed debate about the impacts of population growth. …
New population report – Australia’s leaders need to start listening
A new report on population and immigration is clear proof Australia’s mainstream political parties are ignoring the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Australian people, according to the environmental advocacy group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). “The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI) report’s finding that 72 per cent of Australians believe Australia does not need …
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Annual population growth of nearly 400,000 unsustainable: SPA
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) expresses deep concern that Australia is growing by nearly 400,000 people a year, describing it as ‘unsustainable’. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its figures for the year ending 30 September 2018, with Australia showing a growth rate of 395,100 or 1.6 per cent. Of this growth, 61 per cent …
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