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20 May 05:40am

Filed under: Government, Kevin Rudd, Natural Resources, Population, Refugees, Society

Population stability in Australia today is all about immigration patterns and policy, not about some notion of enforced family size.

Hey greedy guts, stop trashing your biological inheritance. Photo: Greg Scullin.

If it weren’t for sky-high levels of immigration we would already be well on the track to population stability, as are a number of other much wiser OECD countries.

At least the Burke review did not re-endorse Rudd’s “unapologetic” call for massive population growth.

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Save Oz! says:

01:55pm | 22/05/11

Capitalism has only been in full swing for 100 yrs. Based on the firm belief that resources are endless,the system is seriously flawed and its proponents dillusional. Only a crack smoking garden gnome with his head up his rectum would believe that a large population is good for Australia. This… Read more »
Govt@FauxCitizen says:

10:29pm | 21/05/11

I still remember my earliest biology lesson in grade 5, 1969, our teacher had put a peice of apple in a jar in the morning and by lunch a few fermentation flies had called it home then he sealed thm inside and punched several small breather holes in the lid,… Read more »

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