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1	Population pressure grows on Great Ocean Road Geelong Advertiser	139
2	Chinese ignite real estate boom Herald Sun Thursday 8/10/2009. Report on the Chinese impact on the Real Estate Market in Melbourne.	141
3	City an 'obese parody' JASON DOWLING of the Age Newspaper 7th October 09. "FEDERAL Labor MP Kelvin Thomson has savaged the Victorian Government's handling of urban planning in a blistering newsletter to constituents."	144
4	Million boost to city off the rails: experts The Age 10/10/2009	97
5	City 'lost control'of train network The Age 10/10/2009	167
6	The tide turns for sea-changers The Australian 10/10/2009	254
7	Sprawl of the wild The Age 11/10/09 Suburbs on the outer fringe of Melbourne should be built as communities	172
8	Welcome to Melbourne, but please step aside for the next newcomer theage.com.au, Lawrence MONEY October 12, 2009. "If the Victorian population clock is to be believed — and if I count my words carefully — then by the time you have finished reading this sentence, one more person will have arrived in Melbourne. ......." (A 'tongue in cheek' opinion piece look at population growth and the crowded conditions in Melbourne today!)	137
9	South East Queensland: beautiful one day, now a building site Before Kevin Rudd rushes headlong into embracing a population explosion for Australia, he might want to pause for a glance around his own backyard. smh.com.au	85
10	Salad days under threat as sprawling city comes knocking WITH its fields of silverbeet and neat rows of lettuce glistening in the sun, the farming enclave of Clyde on the Western Port plains doesn't look much like a battle zone. ....CARMEL EGAN November 15, 2009 theage.com.au	74
11	Bursting at the seams Jason Dowling and Clay Lucas examine a growing Melbourne and the strain 7 million people will have on essential services November 11, 2009	82
12	Sydney, Melbourne can't handle growth targets With business as usual (read: infrastructure kept as is, groaning under the current load), our major cities have no chance of remaining liveable and coping with projected population figures pulled out of the air by prime minister Kevin Rudd. Professor Newman from Curtin University's Sustainability Policy Institute says that our big cities will be just too disfunctional.	60
13	Brumby tackled on urban sprawl "PLANS to contain Melbourne's urban sprawl are "stone dead" and the city's cherished green wedge zones are in danger, according to a leading planner who has worked closely with the State Government." theage.com.au JASON DOWLING AND KATE LAHEY June 9, 2009	26
14	The big squeezy: PM's population plan questioned South-East Queensland civic leaders have called for a national framework to assist states and local councils to reach sustainable population targets. Speaking at a Brisbane Institute population growth seminar last night, Brisbane's Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said there needed to be more federal involvement in the future growth of the state's south-east corner. He also questioned the validity of the 'Big Australia' proposal, where the national population will grow to 35 million by the middle of this century. The Brisbane Times, Tony Moore 23-02-2010	18
15	Vote ends plan to extend city limit THE state government has scrapped plans to expand Melbourne's outer limits after a tax on land sales in growth areas was defeated in the upper house last night. Planning Minister Justin Madden told Parliament that without the tax the government was not prepared to move the boundary, which would free up more land for development. The Age SARAH-JANE COLLINS February 24, 2010	16
16	Cost of city congestion will hit $20bn, report finds CONGESTION in cities will continue to cost the nation dearly through billions of dollars in lost productivity, poorer health and worse work-family balance. Report in the Australian on the release of the State of the Cities Report 2010 (see Links>Web Links>Reports and Sources>Reports for the link to the report)	3
17	Singapore's population target in doubt The public housing crisis has revived the question whether Singapore, with only 700sq km of land, can continue to accommodate the current five million residents, let alone increase it by a further one-third. Seah Chiang Nee, The Star 27 Feb 10;	3
18	Britain's green spaces under threat from water shortages and house prices The chief scientific adviser, professor John Beddington, said sticking with "business as usual" management of land was not an option in the face of pressures such as climate change and population increases over the next 50 years. Friday 26 February 2010	3

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For too long have we supposed that technology would solve the "population problem." It won't. I first became fully aware of this hard truth when I wrote my essay "The Tragedy of the commons," ... Never have I found anything so difficult to work into shape. I wrote at least seven significantly different versions before resting content with this one, ... . It was obvious that the internal resistance to what I found myself saying was terrific. As a scientist I wanted to find a scientific solution; but reason inexorably led me to conclude that the population problem could not possibly be solved without repudiating certain ethical beliefs and altering some of the political and economic arrangements of contemporary society. Garrett Hardin: Preface of "Exploring New Ethics for Survival" (1972)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - MELBOURNE 2010

DATE- MARCH 20^th 2010 at 2.00 p.m.

VENUE

University of Melbourne

Trinity College Royal Parade Parkville

Evan Burge Building

Buzzard lecture Theatre

Enter Gate A (next to Janet Clarke Hall)

Guest speaker:

Dr Bob Birrell, Reader in Sociology at Monash University.

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Media Release - SEQ Water Strategy - 10 Feb.

South East Queensland Water Strategy reveals SEQ population growth is unsustainable

High energy consuming desalination plants underpinning future water security for South East Queensland shows that the region’s population growth is unsustainable, say environmentalists.

“Detailed planning for desalination facilities at Lytton and Marcoola will commence in 2010, however, a desalination plant at Lytton shows a total disregard for the Moreton Bay Marine Park and its internationally listed values,” said Mr Simon Baltais, Vice President of the South East Queensland Branch of Sustainable Population Australia. Read On. ..

Discover biodiversity - every day

Biodiversity is the backbone of all life on earth, and its conservation lies at the very core of IUCN’s work. ‘Species of the Day’ has been launched as part of IUCN’s involvement in the International Year of Biodiversity.

With mounting scientific evidence of a serious extinction crisis, it’s time to take action. “The latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met,” says Jane Smart, Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It’s time for governments to get serious about saving species and make sure it’s high on their agendas for next year, as we’re rapidly running out of time.”

Each day of 2010 will see a different species featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces. The 365 species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. We have started by featuring some better known species, including the Polar Bear and will move on to cover plants, fungi, invertebrates and more. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists.

If you would like to access the archived list of species go to www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day/archives