Category: Population

Bob Carr backs Julia Gillard on population

admin /27 June, 2010

Bob Carr backs Julia Gillard on population

  • From: AAP
  • June 27, 2010 2:29PM

FORMER New South Wales premier Bob Carr has welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s take on population growth.

Ms Gillard today said she did not believe in a “big Australia” and that increased population levels needed to be sustainable.

Population Minister Tony Burke will be renamed Sustainable Population Minister, the Prime Minister said.

Mr Carr, an advocate of lower immigration levels, said Ms Gillard’s attitude was welcome.

“Eighty per cent of Australians will agree with Prime Minister Gillard but will need a breathing space,” Mr Carr said.

“Immigration has been run at levels that are simply too ambitious.

Julia Gillard’s first act- dumping ‘Big Australia’

admin /27 June, 2010

Julia Gillard’s first act – dumping ‘Big Australia’

JULIA Gillard has used her first major announcement to reassure disenchanted voters that she does not believe in a “big Australia” with a population target of 36 million.

The policy is clearly at odds with former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who announced the “big Australia” targeting 36 million people by 2050 just as a new wave of asylum-seekers arrived off our shores.

Mr Rudd’s unpopular stand became a flashpoint on talkback radio and reflected poorly for Labor in the polls.

Population to hit 35 million by 2056

admin /4 June, 2010

Population to hit 35 million by 2056 AAP June 4, 2010, 12:43 pm AAP © Enlarge photo   The populations of Queensland and Western Australia are expected to more than double within the next 50 years. As the great population debate rages, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Yearbook shows the nation’s population is expected Continue Reading →

Stable Population Party says massive cuts needed to Australia’s immigration intake

admin /20 April, 2010

Stable Population Party says massive cuts needed to Australia’s immigration intake

GRASSROOTS concern about Australia’s burgeoning population is being ignored by the “hopelessly conflicted” major parties and needs a fresh voice in Canberra, says political hopeful William Bourke.

Mr Bourke, a Sydney small businessman and founder of the newly established Stable Population Party of Australia, plans to field candidates in all states at the next federal poll, running on a platform of restricting the nation’s population to 23 million.

Mr Bourke says population growth might be a single issue, but it cuts across national policy agendas from health, housing and education to water, climate change — and particularly immigration.

Tough line on immigration hurts Labor

admin /19 April, 2010

Tough line on immigration hurts Labor

PHILLIP COOREY CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

April 19, 2010

D-Day for Kevin Rudd... ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and premiers John Brumby (Vic), Kristina Keneally (NSW), Anna Bligh (Qld), David Bartlett (Tas, and Mike Rann (SA) in Canberra yesterday.

D-Day for Kevin Rudd… ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and premiers John Brumby (Vic), Kristina Keneally (NSW), Anna Bligh (Qld), David Bartlett (Tas, and Mike Rann (SA) in Canberra yesterday. Photo: Stefan Postles

THE government’s harder stand on asylum seekers has the approval of most voters but has cost Labor supporters among its own base and enabled the Coalition to close the gap dramatically, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll shows.

The poll also reveals a dramatic rise in voters concerned about immigration levels and population projections, with levels of concern higher than they were at the height of the Tampa crisis in 2001.

The Debate We had to have

admin /9 April, 2010

population policy

8 Apr 2010

The Debate We Had To Have

By Ben Eltham

baby boom

The newly appointed Minister for Population has his work cut out for him, writes Ben Eltham. Inextricably tied to immigration, population policy is a highly charged issue for the electorate

For perhaps the first time since the late 1980s, Australia is engaging in a debate about how many people should live in our country.

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