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Change migration system to stop rorting: new submission
Reforms to stop rorting of Australia’s migration system are urgently needed, according to a new submission to a government review. Caps on the proportion of overseas students in all university courses, increased minimum wage thresholds for temporary skilled migrants, measures to stop rorting of skill migration visas, and tightening of family reunion criteria are …
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Report shows government favouring overseas students over local ones
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has called for an overhaul of university training in Australia in light of the latest report from The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI). The report The Skills Crisis, University Culpability and the Overseas Student Industry by Bob Birrell and Ernest Healy, reveals deep inequities in the number of training places …
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An end to population growth integral to environmental law reform
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s proposed reforms to Australia’s environmental laws but says they must include policies that lead to an end to population growth. Minister Plibersek was responding to the 2020 scathing criticism of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act by Graeme Samuel. As part of the …
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Eight Billion Day a cause for concern, not celebration
On 15 November the world will mark the arrival of 8 billion people on the Earth. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says it is a cause for concern, not celebration. SPA argues that humans have overpopulated the Earth by exceeding the boundaries that ensure the renewal of life. SPA national president, Ms Jenny Goldie, says …
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8 Billion Day on 15 November 2022: Briefing Note
Media Alert The United Nations predicts 15 November 2022 to be the day that the world population reaches eight billion. To mark this important milestone and to aid well-informed discussion, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has released a new Briefing Note: “8 Billion Day facts and myths”, which can be viewed here. Prepared by widely-published …
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Population growth may boost GDP but not wellbeing
The forecast increase in annual population growth to 1.4 per cent thanks to restoration of pre-Covid levels of immigration may boost total GDP but not individual well-being, says Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Treasury forecasts GDP will rise by 3.25 per cent in 2022/23 before dropping back to 1.5 per cent in 2023/24. Much of …
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Population growth an impediment to food security
As World Food Day (Sunday 16 October) approaches, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has warned that continuing population growth in many regions is making it harder to deliver sufficient safe, nutritious food to all people. SPA notes that those countries currently experiencing food insecurity, made even worse this year by extreme weather events and the …
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Plan for zero extinctions requires end to human population growth
If the federal government is serious about its goal to prevent any new extinctions of Australian wildlife, it must understand that preservation of habitat is the key. According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), that requires an end to human population growth. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced today a zero extinctions target for the country’s plants …
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Universal access to contraception must be a top priority
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has given its full support to the UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA’s) World Contraception Day (26 September) and calls on all governments to provide affordable modern contraception to everyone who needs it. According to UNFPA, where contraception is readily available, ‘maternal death and disability, newborn/child mortality and morbidity, unintended pregnancies … and …
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Latest ABS figures reveal we are heading back to Big Australia
The figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday reveal the country is heading back to ‘Big Australia’, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National President Ms Jenny Goldie says that, while some post-Covid ‘bounce back’ in net overseas migration was understandable, the large increase in arrivals (up 183 per cent …
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