Past Events

Upcoming Events

2008

2007

2006

SPA National AGM
The April 8 National AGM was held in Sydney followed by a Public Forum.
Election Results for the National Executive Committee 2006-2007

Position	Candidate
President	Ian Macindoe PhD
Vice President	Sheila Newman
Secretary	Gordon Hocking
Treasurer	Kasy Chambers
Committee member	Tania Silver
Committee member	Jill Quirk
Committee member	John Weaver BComm
Committee member	Ilan Goldman
Committee member	James Sinnamon

• Public meeting hosted by Sustainable Population Australia Inc. (Canberra region)
  
  Sustainability and urbanisation in Asia: implications for Australia
  
  3pm Saturday 1 April
  St John's Church Hall, Constitution Avenue, Reid
  
  Speaker: Professor Brian Roberts, Director, Centre for Developing Cities, University of Canberra
  
  Brian Roberts, who also chairs the ACT Government's Sustainability Expert Reference Group, is an experienced professional planner, project manager, academic and adviser on a wide range of issues. He has held senior positions in the consulting industry, the UN, the Queensland Government and academia.
  
  Brian is finalising a book for the Asian Development and World Banks on Urbanization and Sustainability in Asia, which looks at population, sustainability and urban development issues.
  
  "We build the equivalent of a Canberra every three days in Asia at the moment. Scary stuff."
  
  A general meeting for SPA members will be held at 2pm followed by afternoon tea at 2.30pm
  
  All welcome. Enquiries 6235 5488 or 6286 1752
  
  

2005

• PUBLIC FORUM hosted by Sustainable Population Australia Inc., ACT Branch
  Canberra, 10 December 2005
  Speaker: Professor Albert A. Bartlett
  Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics, University of Colorado, USA. He has written and spoken in 49 states on population, peak oil and other sustainability issues.
  
  
• PUBLIC FORUM hosted by Sustainable Population Australia Inc., SA Branch
  Adelaide, 13 December 2005
  Speaker: Professor Albert A. Bartlett
  Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics, University of Colorado, USA. He is the author of Arithmetic, Population and Energy.
  
  
• SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
  Sydney, 8 October 2005
  To consider changes, proposed by the National Executive Committee, to amend the Constitution to bring it into line with the requirements of the ACT Registrar-General.
  
  
• PUBLIC FORUM hosted by Sustainable Population Australia Inc., NSW Branch
  "OIL DEPLETION ... COMING, READY OR NOT!"
  Sydney , 8 October 2005
  Speaker: Danny Hannan
  Danny Hannan’s research into global oil production and pricing indicates that we face a bleak future. He predicts that cities may become unliveable, and only small towns located in regions with rich soils and dependable climate may provide satisfactory living conditions. SPA member Jill Curnow invited the audience to examine how a post-oil society might function, given that the World human population relies so heavily on cheap and readily available fossil fuels.
  
  
• Free Public Meeting - Smaller Footprints on new Pathways
  Guest speaker: Em. Prof. Bob Douglas, Chair of the research and development organisation Australia 21
  17 September 2005, Canberra
  An address similar to the keynote address Prof Douglas delivered in Wagga at the 5th Landcare Management Forum on 19 August to an audience of 500 people. He argues that the current size of the human ecological footprint threatens the survival of our species and that we must make smaller footprints on new pathways.
  Organised by the Canberra Region branch of SPA
  
  
• Public Forum - Urban Consolidation ... sensible planning or unfolding tragedy?
  Guest speakers:
  Fran Kelly - Coastal Campaigner, Total Environment Centre
  Dr Tony Recsei - President, Save Our Suburbs
  25 June 2005, Sydney
  Sydney’s 2002 population of 4.2 million is forecast to be 5.9 million in 2030. As limited resources collide with increasing population pressure, unpopular decisions are being made for Sydney and the NSW coastal belt.
  Organised by the NSW branch of SPA
  


• Annual General Meeting of the Tasmanian Branch Of Sustainable Population Australia Inc
  Held in North Hobart
  6 July 2005
  
  
• Public Forum - Living in the hothouse: how global warming affects Australia
  Guest speaker:IAN LOWE
  18 June 2005, Canberra
  Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, an emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University, an expert on global warming who has contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and author or co-author of 16 books. His latest book, just being launched, provides the theme for the forum. Ian is also a Patron of Sustainable Population Australia. His presentation will be followed by questions and discussion.
  Organised by the Canberra Region branch of SPA
  
  
• SPA Victoria Annual General Meeting
  - 7 May 2005, Melbourne
  
  The following officers were elected:
  Sheila Newman, President
  Jill Quirk, Vice President
  Bob Whiteway, Treasurer
  Committee Members: Margit Alm, Gloria O'Connor, Bob Gourley
  


• Public Forum - Talk by Professor Peter Howat "Five myths of Population: Implications for Public Health"
  - 2.30 pm 1 May 2005 at 2 Delhi Street , West Perth
  Presented by the West Australian Branch of SPA
  Followed by discussion forum for comment and questions on population issues.
  


• SPA National Annual General Meeting
  - 2.00 pm Saturday, 2 April 2005
  Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra
  
  The new Executive Committee is:
  Jenny Goldie, President
  John Coulter, Vice President
  Gordon Hocking, Secretary
  Simon Troman, Treasurer
  Committee Members:
  Harry Cohen
  Jill Quirk
  Lionel McKenzie
  Peter Tod
  James Sinnamon
  


• Talk by Ray Prowse
  - 3.30 pm Saturday, 2 April 2005
  Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra
  World oil production is about to peak. Greenhouse gas emissions threaten potentially catastrophic climate change. Can there be anything more vital and urgent than the need to find, develop and implement viable methods of renewable energy production? Ray Prowse is the Manager of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at the ANU. The Centre, which is headed by Professor Andrew Blakers, is one of only two groups left in Australia doing research into renewable energy that have more than 25 people.

2004

• Film Show - "The End of Suburbia ..."
  - Saturday 16th October
  The Australian Museum Theatrette, East Sydney
  Organised by the NSW branch of SPA
  

• SPA VICTORIA Speakers Afternoon - Talks by:
  DR BOB BIRREL, Reader in Sociology at Monash and editor of the Monash University based Democratic quarterly, People and Place. "Melbourne 2030: What is the source of the extra million people?"
  JULIANNE BELL from Protectors of Public Lands Victoria: “Protecting public land from population growth”
  GLORIA O'CONNOR, Packenham Ratepayers and Residents Association: “The Importance of rate payers associations to local and state democracy”
  - 2.00pm Saturday October 2nd
  Presented by the Victoria branch of SPA
  
• PRE-ACT ELECTION PUBLIC MEETING - "WATER AND PEOPLE: HOW MUCH MORE CAN CANBERRA GROW?"
  - 3.30PM, SATURDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2004, Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Turner
  Organised by the Canberra Region branch of SPA
  
• Public Forum - Talk by Mark O'Connor "BOUNDLESS PLAINS: Tired Brown Land revisited"
  - 3.30 pm 2 May 04 Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Turner
  Presented by the Canberra Region branch of SPA
  
• 2004 Fenner Conference On The Environment - "Understanding The Population-Environment Debate: Bridging Disciplinary Divides"
  Australian Academy of Science
  - 24-25 May 04 Canberra
• Sydney Futures Forum DIPNR
  - 18-19 May 04 Sydney


• "The Churches and Population" - Free Talk by Dr. Paul Collins ( Talk Flyer )
  - 2 May 04 Sydney
  Presented by the NSW branch of SPA
  
  


• Farming at the core of environmental problems - Free Talk by Prof. Em. Duncan Brown
  - 1 May 04 Canberra
  Presented by the Canberra branch of SPA
  
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2003

• Population and Environment in Australia - Online Conference (Non-SPA Event)
  - Sep - Nov 03 Canberra
  Hosted by Australian Academy of Science
• ISOS Face-to-Face Conference
  - Fri 14 Nov 03
  This face-to-face one-day conference will draw together the threads of the themes that have been considered during the nine months of the In Search Of Sustainability internet conference.
• SPA NSW Branch AGM / Election of Committee
  - 10am Sat 18 Oct 03 Sydney

  Includes public screening of the video 'Arithmetic, Population and Energy' by Professor Bartlett. Bartlett explains why the notion of exponential growth on a finite planet is ludicrous. The video has had wonderful reviews by all SPA members who have seen it... with some hard-hitting statements on population growth.

• Our Population, Our Future
  - Thr 9 Oct 03 Canberra Register NOW!
  A conference that explores Australia’s identity and direction. Hosted by Manning Clark House
• In Search Of Sustainability (ISOS)
  - Internet Conference - Feb - Oct 03
• Dr Harry Cohen: Population Pressures on Perth
  Dr Paddy Weaver: The Numbers Game
  - Free Public Talks - 27 Jul 03 Perth
• SPA WA Branch AGM / Election of Committee
  - 27 Jul 03 Perth
• Dr David Horton - Population: irrelevant to ecological sustainability?
  - Free Public Talk - 28 Jun 03 Canberra
• SPA Special General Meeting and SPA ACT Branch AGM
  - 28 Jun 03 Canberra