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1	Are Moreland property prices crazy? THE home ownership dreams of young Moreland residents are “fading away”, driven in part by the nation’s “runaway” population growth, Wills federal Labor MP Kelvin Thomson has warned.	111
2	Digging a hole for ourselves If the Reserve Bank and federal Treasury are right, it is not only the world that is heading into a two-speed recovery. Australia is facing the same future - with Victoria one of the states on the slow track. And Tim Colebatch asks 'who will benefit?' March 2, 2010	191
3	The population conundrum Excerpts from the debate on the size of a future Singapore. Mar 05, 2010	143
4	Population growing at twice global average: ABS - March 26 2010 AUSTRALIA'S population is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the world, after crashing through 22 million late last year.	165
5	You can't cap population, says Swan 30 March 2010 Capping Australia's population would come at a great cost to the nation, Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned. Addressing a conference in Brisbane this morning, Mr Swan said calls for a freeze on national population growth ignored the benefits that came from an increase in the number of people living in Australia.	166
6	What if we raise the plank - April 10 The decision by the NSW Labor government to discourage migrants a decade ago has proved to be a sign of what would happen if the whole nation did likewise	164
7	Growing pains trouble Rudd in Big Australia - April 10 Australia is now in what passes for a "debate" about the size of its population. But would you define this as a debate?	144
8	Regional Australia could be population winner - April 9 REGIONAL communities could be the winners if the Government's new focus on population pressures focuses on the right mix of tax reforms and incentives to encourage more businesses and people to live and work in country Australia.	116
9	On population and productivity - April 9 - Business Spectator Rebecca Weisser at The Oz has outdone herself with a selection of excellent op-eds on population and productivity. Although, as I remarked several days ago, The Oz was well behind its online rival, Crikey, in invigorating the national population debate.	91
10	More people in an ailing infrastructure won't make a big country - April 9 THE key to quality of life for Australian families and communities during the coming four decades is not a population of 36 million, as Kevin Rudd advocates, but carefully managed sustainable growth. A random declaration of bigness is no substitute for a planned vision of a sustainable Australia.	173
11	Our world does not need more people Good explanations about some common fallacies about world's population statistics	76
12	Warnings on skills shortage 12 July, 2010 A SHORTAGE of skilled workers could dampen Australia's renewed economic expansion, a new survey says. The Australian Industry (Ai) Group/Deloitte survey of more than 400 chief executives found 34.7 per cent of businesses believed there was at least a high risk that a skills shortages would have an adverse effect on operations this year.	51
13	Gillard shuts door on 'big Australia 27 June 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard is breaking free from one of her predecessor's main policy stances by announcing she is not interested in a "big Australia".	44
14	Population policy a national pyramid scheme - 24 July 2010 THE "populate or our future fortunes will perish" cry is the ultimate national pyramid scheme NEVER mind environmental sustainability, there's an even more fundamental disconnect in the debate, such as it is, over Australia's population. It is that between a "big Australia" and the source of our contemporary and future prosperity.	49
15	Economics of population growth - 22 July 2010 Mark Crosby over at Core Economics has a post on population economics that created stress for me. Stress because it argues an intellectual position I (and many others) have being trying to combat for many years.	40

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The key to understanding overpopulation is not population density but the numbers of people in an area relative to its resources and the capacity of the environment to sustain human activities; that is, to the area’s carrying capacity. When is an area overpopulated? When its population can’t be maintained without rapidly depleting nonrenewable resources.... By this standard, the entire planet and virtually every nation is already vastly overpopulated. Paul R. Ehrlich

Media Release - 28th June, 2010

Gillard on population: An outbreak of commonsense?

Sustainable Population Australia, the nation’s only environment group campaigning on reducing human population, is greatly encouraged by the comments of incoming Prime Minister Gillard about reducing immigration.

National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that after more than two decades of hammering away at this issue and the spectacular population growth, which took place under the auspices of former PM Rudd, it appears Australia now might be on the brink of an outbreak of commonsense. Full Release

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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

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