Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Great news! The Joint Standing Committee on Migration has formally accepted our submission !! "This submission argues that Australia’s needs would be better served by a much smaller and better targeted immigration program..." (Link to full report available soon) 010
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Australia's destructive population growth is largely a function of high immigration levels. If immigration was net zero, our population would soon level off, ... & we could begin enjoying the many benefits of stability. population.org.au/sign-the-spa...population.org.auSign the SPA Position StatementIn the best interests of our land and people, the SPA position calls for a stabilised Australian population, maintained safely within ecological limits. 011
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)TheWhyExplained @thewhyexplained.bsky.social · 22/01/2026My Substack focus #sustainable prosperity open.substack.com/pub/thewhyex... using basic #economic principles taught to students Suggest student participation addressing lack penetration #economics in political discourse solve persistent societal problems #econsky #econedopen.substack.comWhy we need to understand sustainable prosperity . . .This blog was created to address long term sustainable prosperity. Briefly, this requires: Consumption = Renewable Resources The current Economic paradigm doesn’t address this. What would be the benef... 011
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The #HousingCrisis is a tragedy of unimaginable horror for so many Australians. The greater tragedy is that it's so easily fixed- just stop bringing in more people until everyone here is housed. 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026If Australia is supposedly a #democracy- Why on earth are we being shut out of immigration level policies. Why are the pollies colluding on mass immigration? Why is this rapid population growth just being rammed down our throats... whether we like it or not!? 000
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)TheWhyExplained @thewhyexplained.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Like #sustainability #economists at CASSE (steadystate.org/steady-state/) research for a #sustainable future My Substack post addresses solution by noting most common market reports miss the #economic drivers effecting #economy growth open.substack.com/pub/thewhyex... @sustpopaus.bsky.socialopen.substack.comWhy our economy needs to be updated to one based on sustainability ...At present, while the term 'sustainability' is sometimes mentioned in our media, rarely is it presented in market economy updates and projections 011
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 20/11/2025These insectometers have the worst job in the world. They document the decline of what they love, I had a similar job in the past. Ask me why I quit a few years back... #Collapse www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgTo us insectometers, it is clear that insect decline in our Costa Rican tropics is real, so let’s be kind to the survivors | PNASWe have been field observers of tropical insects on four continents and, since 1978, intense observers of caterpillars, their parasites, and their ... 032
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Human populations are exploding. We've added 800M new humans since Paris 2015. 10% more humans in 10 years. Children now. We lose min 6% of insect biomass in protected nature reserves. 50% of global biomass loss in 10 years. The stuff on the right disappears faster than our populations & GDPs grow. 175
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Nature has not evolved brains that can process such rapid changes since what we see since 1970 is unique and unchartered. Not in 600 (not 60) million years has anything come close to the speed of change. Human children now grow up slower than nature collapses globally. 096
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 12/08/2025More people, more cars, more freeways, more asphalt & concrete, more emissions ... less #wildlife. 010
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 07/08/2025I'll be speaking on 'Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change' at Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 10 Sep (19:00-20:30) Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/human-popula... @sustpopaus.bsky.social @popnmatters.bsky.social @futurechildhealth.bsky.socialevents.humanitix.comHuman population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate changeDo you want to understand the how human endeavour and climate fluctuations alter past, present and future ecosystems? Come and learn from Prof. Corey Bradshaw. 053
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Roadkill Wallaby Reef Foundation @karmageddon67.bsky.social · 08/06/2025“Doomer” is just an ad hominem label for someone who understands our multi-faceted predicament can’t be solved by “green capitalism”, & in fact that will make it worse. For instance mining for critical minerals (diesel) will need to increase 16x and that will inevitably destroy more of the biosphere 194
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Satyamuni @satyamuni.bsky.social · 28/06/2025As society becomes increasingly stupefied its members becomes cleverer at doing stupid things. We are now very very clever at doing very very stupid things. In our foolishness, we call the increase in cleverness at doing very stupid things, PROGRESS 142
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025OUR PRESS RELEASE: Australian Treasury’s “accidental” release on housing supply is an admission of mass immigration/the Big Australia (population) agenda's gross failures: #HousingCrisis #population #immigration population.org.au/media-releas...population.org.auTreasury’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 a... 010
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Perhaps our biggest error of judgement was misjudging our own capacity to solve our existential problems: despite our own dire projections, we created an ever more complicated jungle of a civilisation that is finally beginning to eat itself alive. 34410
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Any civilisation that fails to limit its growth ultimately becomes the latest in a long history of casualties who saw the limits, and still chose to speed into the wall 47318
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025#Water the forgotten cost of Big Australia. The next #drought will be a wake up call. 010
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025As we mass import people from the world's most populous countries. Maybe it's time we asked ourselves: Just what is it they're trying to escape? Let's protect our quality of life, "Say NO to a Big Australia!" #overpopulation population.org.au/sign-the-spa... 010
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 01/12/2024On the world's driest inhabited continent, #water use efficiency should be a priority However if we continue to grow our population at this rate, every gain is quickly overwhelmed. Whereas in a stable population scenario, every efficiency gain- is actually a gain! population.org.au/media-releas...population.org.auPopulation growth weakening Australia’s water security: new reportWater demand due to population growth is outstripping improvements in Australians’ efficiency of household water use, according to new research commissioned by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) i... 044
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025This year nearly 1/2 a million more people will arrive in #Australia than leave. This is what half a million looks like- "Say NO to a Big Australia!" please sign and share: population.org.au/sign-the-spa... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025The #overpopulation warnings are sounding - abc.net.au/news/2025-07... “In its 2025 Annual Water Outlook, Melbourne Water stated that, on average, inflows into Melbourne's water storages were "not enough to supply our city's growing population".abc.net.auData centres bid to guzzle enough drinking water for 330,000 peopleDocuments show Greater Western Water is assessing 19 data centre applications requesting to use a total of 20 gigalitres of water annually — the same amount 330,000 Melburnians used in the last financ... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Money talks! But, heh, Aussies are getting what they voted for- mass immigration! www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/07/so-m...macrobusiness.com.auSo much for the 'crackdown' on international studentsTuesday’s net permanent and long-term arrivals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggested that immigration is surging, with a record 245,890 net arrivals recorded over the first fiv... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 18/07/2025"If current MIGRATION trends continue, NET Permanent and Long-term arrivals from January this year could reach 598,000 by December 2025!" Note: Departures have already been subtracted. In 2024,this number was Net 440,080. So much for halving Net migration ipa.org.au/publications...ipa.org.auLiving standards and housing crisis worsen after another record month of unplanned migration“Excessive migration has played a significant role in pummelling Australia’s economic productivity, creating extended periods of negative per capita economic growth, and exacerbating the housing and r... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Hear more on why we should lower #immigration & seek to stabilise our #population, from Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) president Peter Strachan abc.net.au/listen/progr... from 2:09 Nice to hear a point of view beyond the property/university sector, ie a non-vested interest point of viewabc.net.auDrive - ABC listenA lively mix of local news, current affairs, sport, finance, traffic and weather and lifestyle 000
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Population Balance @popnbalance.bsky.social · 14/07/2025An article by our friend and advisor Eileen Crist. In order to justify the annihilation of animals and nature, we make ourselves into gods and them into nothing. Read more 🔗 blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/2025/07/11/r...blog.ecologicalcitizen.netRegarding misanthropyIs human nature destructive? Or have human beings indoctrinated themselves into a belief system that is destructive? The quandary is worth pursuing even if it yields no conclusive answer. 011
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Starting at about 1:10 in, ED of @popnbalance.bsky.social Nandita Bajaj speaks to the roots of #pronatalism 5000 years ago and since. Yes, it has been with us for that long. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBdJ... To dive into pronatalism and more, see my book, #TheBabyMatrix amzn.to/4nKeGm1youtube.comOvershooting Earth: How Population Myths Shape Our CrisisYouTube video by Global Footprint Network 042
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025When your economy over-relies on an #immigration fed housing construction industry, the population must keep growing at a faster rate. Why? because you not only need jobs for the last intake, but you must create jobs for the new arrivals. This ends in disaster! population.org.au/say_no_big_o...population.org.auSay NO to a Big Australia!Find out more about SPA's campaign here 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025#Australia has become a #population ponzi economy. ... and we all know how ponzi schemes end! 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025“Australian governments have completely shattered the social contract. They’ve created one of the worst national housing crises anywhere in the entire world due to explosive rates of migration.” www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/07/more...macrobusiness.com.auMore immigration means less social housingLast week, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan posted the following video on Twitter (X) claiming that the government is “delivering more social homes in Pascoe Vale”. Australian governments have complete... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Lots of good stuff here, ... but still #overpopulation remains a taboo topic. To talk smaller impacts while ignoring population size is naive. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...bbc.comLess is more: Can degrowth save the world?The degrowth movement questions the feasibility of the idea of endless economic growth on a finite planet. 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025#Population growth harms per capita lifestyles and ecosystems. #Population growth boosts GDP & corporate profits. So what will it be? 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Look at the most populous countries on earth. What is it about them we desire? Why are people leaving them for lower density places? Do people really want to live like this? Say NO to a Big Australia! join the campaign: population.org.au/sign-the-spa... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 13/07/20252sm.com.au/shows/2sm-br... on 11 July at 1:08:30, talk on World Population Day. After adding 3 billion people over 66 years from 1921 to 1987, the next 3 billion arrived in half that time! #population #overpopulation This does not end well!2sm.com.auTim Webster - Sydney's 2SM 12695.00am-9am Weekdays 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 13/07/2025We are inviting catastrophe to maintain "growth". What's so wrong with #balance at sustainable scale? 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Economists measuring the improvement of an economy by aggregate GDP growth, is like a doctor measuring your health improvement by weight gain. 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025The #homelessness crisis is out of control. Anyone who denies that this is a direct consequence of excessive #population growth driven by an #immigrationcrisis, ... is either a fool or a vested interest. coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coas...coastcommunitynews.com.auHomelessness crisis out of control on the Coast - Central Coast NewsThe Central Coast is facing a homelessness crisis that frontline workers describe as heartbreaking, dangerous, and out of control - made worse by 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Every day a plane with 300 immigrants arrives in Melbourne and they all need accommodation that same night. TWO out of the 300 will be tradesmen who will find a job and start building houses, but how long does it take them to build houses for 300 people? Meanwhile another 300... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The SoE report clearly states, “Increases in population and economic activity are driving significant changes in the environment and human health.” population.org.au/media-releas...population.org.auSPA Experts: NSW State of the Environment ReportThe NSW State of the Environment report (SoE) is the 12th triennial for the period between 2021 and 2024 but was only tabled in the NSW parliament on June 26th. The SoE report clearly states, “Increas... 010
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025We recycle, we use paper straws, we use "renewable" energy, we try to consume less, even go vegan, we use public transport, we live in tiny houses, 15th storey flats, ... yet still our footprint grows upon this land, as our population expands. 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser says Australia needs a new "Golden Age" of economic thinking to solve the profound economic challenges of the next few decades. Wait, are we finally admitting that mass migration is a failure and has caused Australia's economic challenges? 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Is this where Australia is heading? Seems eerily familiar... 000
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025As AI takes jobs what does Australia do? Flood the labour market with cheap exploitable migrant labour under the lie of a "skills shortage". The only skills shortage we have is of intelligent politicians. 000
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I don’t want to become more “skilled” or “competitive” in the new job market. I’m not gonna bother competing with AIs. I just want to be Human. I think this is what we should all try to be. Stop now. You’re going in the wrong direction. 15318
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)Vector Ze @vector-ze.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Live atmyoutube.comMark World Population Day with Population Connection!YouTube video by Population Connection 122
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025#climate #climatecrisis #climateaction medium.com/@martinrev21...medium.comCLIMATE CHANGE- THE FIFTH CAMPGoogle search: 7.25am, AEST, July 7, 2025 000
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)yukongertie.bsky.social @yukongertie.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Ponciano says the Mashco Piro simply don’t understand logging. “‘Why do they cut down the big trees?’ they asked me. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’: loggers close in on uncontacted people in Peruvian AmazonLogging, drug trafficking and the climate crisis endanger the world’s largest isolated Indigenous group, on the border with Brazil 001
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)yukongertie.bsky.social @yukongertie.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Even if we doubled or tripled the output of clean energy production, we would still make zero dent in global emissions. Growth keeps outstripping our best efforts to decarbonise. medium.com/the-new-clim...medium.comDebunking Green Growth: What They Won’t Tell YouColonialism 3.0? History is Repeating Itself — And This Time, the Stakes Are Apocalyptic. 233
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025We tackle the #population issue on economic & ecological grounds, from a non-racial, inclusive perspective. Why? ... because no one else does! Join SPA: population.org.au/membership/population.org.au 000
Reposted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Everything humans have achieved to this day was precariously built on the great myth of growth: the belief that this civilisation can continue to dig its own hole without ever falling in. open.substack.com/pub/georgets...open.substack.comTruth In The Time Of CollapseEverything humans have achieved to this day was precariously built on the great myth of growth: the belief that this civilisation can continue to dig its own hole without ever falling in. 38327
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) @sustpopaus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025The strongest #ActOnClimate action most fail to advocate is #degrowth in the scale of our economy/population. To avoid #collapse we MUST downsize... #ClimateCrisis #Climate #Degrowth #environment 000