Media Releases
ABS data demonstrates that Federal Government does not have a population plan
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s Population growth in the year to June 2025 quarter was 420,000, up from 418,705 in the 12 months to March 2025. From September 2021 to June 2025 Australia’s estimated resident population has expanded by 1.91 million, of which 78.2 per cent or 1.49 million resulted […]
Unprecedented population expansion lifts Australia’s housing costs.
Property data organisation Cotality, tallies Australian property price rises averaging 7.5 per cent nationwide, and 13.1 per cent in Perth, over the year to November 2025. Source: https://www.cotality.com/au/insights/articles/housing-growth-eases-as-affordability-and-rates-loom-large Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that Australia must stabilise its population to ease the pressure on housing costs, effective through reducing Net Overseas Immigration (NOM) to 70,000 […]
Perth’s Population Surges as WA’s Environment Plummets
As Perth’s population surges toward 3.5 million people by 2039, experts warn that there is no climate transition plan. As Western Australia’s environment deteriorates, the Albanese government’s ‘priority critical minerals project’ will result in expansion of bauxite extraction in WA’s Jarrah forests. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth, globally and domestically, is […]
Population sustainability required for urban crisis response on World Habitat Day
World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations. On 6 October 2025, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day will be “urban crisis response”. https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that population growth is a fundamental driver of the symptoms of the multiple […]
World Contraception Day reminds us that access to contraception is a human right
World Contraception Day (WCD) is a day of observation recognised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP). The central focus of WCD is ‘a world where every pregnancy is desired’. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) upholds the rights of women to control their bodies. As a result of the withdrawal of USAID, SPA calls on […]
SPA Statement on the March for Australia
Mr Peter Strachan, National President, Sustainable Population Australia Comments attributable to Mr Strachan “The tone set by organisers of the ‘March for Australia’ has led to understandable concerns about possible infiltration from far right groups.” “The March has also provided perfect fodder for the promoters of Big Australia to claim any opposition to high […]
Expert Alert: New report from Sustainable Population Australia offers six great solutions to immigration.
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) offers practical policy measures that can slow migration to manageable numbers, ultimately stabilising Australia’s population below 30 million. These are available to read in a brand new report ‘6 Great Immigration Solutions’. This report provides logical and concise rationale in informing better policy on the critical issues of immigration and […]
NSW land clearing driven by population expansion.
In its annual Statewide Land and Tree Study survey, released in 28th July, 2025, the NSW Government says that more than 66,000 hectares of the bush was cleared in 2023 – equivalent to bull-dozing Sydney’s Royal National Park four times over. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that this population driven biodiversity decline, driven by […]
Media Release: Earth Overshoot Day, 24 July
On Earth Overshoot Day, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is urging national and global leaders to confront the unsustainable pace of population growth – a primary but often neglected driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global inequality. Earth Overshoot Day signifies the point in the year when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and […]
Treasury’s housing conclusion supports population pause.
According to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), The Australian Treasury’s “accidental” release on housing supply is an admission of the following: Huge environmental and economic costs to build and maintain infrastructure for a rapidly expanding population. The government’s target for 1.2 million homes by mid-2029 is an illusion. Higher taxes are required to support public infrastructure […]