Kelvin Thomson MP: Australia's Historic First Simultaneous Population Forums

Kelvin Thomson, the Federal Member for Wills, said he was delighted to be working with Dick Smith and Sustainable Population Australia to present Australia's first ever Simultaneous Population Forums.

Tomorrow, for the first time across Australia, leading politicians from Labor, Liberal, Greens, Democrats and Independents; academics and community figures, will meet simultaneously in six capital cities- Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide-to discuss the issue of runaway population growth and its implications on our environment, economy, liveability and way of life.

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[lagosultans]

I went to the Perth one. A lot of commonsense was spoken, but I think you have to get past people's greed over here in WA. The mining industry, Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate industry etc, they're all pushing for population growth. Big donatations to political parties might be a reason no major party wants to dabate population.

[SPAnsw]

As gratifying as this media interview was to us and our cause (and on the ABC, no less- how times have changed!) Virginia's wrong to assume that migrants and their children will be all about keeping immigration high (2:15). I think of a friend fresh out of China, an admirer of SPA, who says "The population in China is a burden! Australia should learn from other countries' mistakes!"

And BTW, the Sydney breakfast was a great success... We've seldom heard such sense at 7:30 in the morning!