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The Environment

Jared Diamond on Australia’s Sustainable Population.

Jun 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: The Environment

Perhaps the single most astonishing, ridiculously contradictory set of public policies we face, is the left hand of government promoting reduced greenhouse emissions, conservation of diminishing freshwater, soil fertility and other declining natural resources, while the right hand promotes rapid population growth through increased birthrate and immigration.
Is this a classic example of the left hand [...]



Give the Environment the Benefit of the Doubt

May 2nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: The Environment

For many in Australia, the most pressing issue is that of climate change in relation to global warming.  The focus on the issue of global warming has placed the environment at centre stage for Australians and people around the world, regardless of their ideological orientation.  Social Action Australia does not have a stance in relation [...]