The Age: January 26, page 4, news item by Y Narushima, `Australia "must plan for new city" to cope with population'. http://thebigchair.com.au/news/water-cooler/new-city The Australian: February 2, page 12, comment by Barry Cohen, `Populate and we will perish'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/populate-and-we-will-perish/story-e6frg6zo-1225825667779 The Age: January 29, page 3, news item, `Rudd cools on a "big Australia"'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/rudd-cools-on-a-big-australia-20100128-n1ps.html The Age: February 28, page 17, comment by Josh Gordon, `Congestion the ultimate cost of people ingestion'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/congestion-the-ultimate-cost-of-people-ingestion-20100227-pa9u.html The Australian: March 31, page 14, comment by Graham Bradley, `If we want more people we have to plan better'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/if-we-want-more-people-we-have-to-plan-better/story-e6frg6zo-1225847684873 The Age: March 31, page 1, news item (contains growth / population statistics) by Tim Colebatch, `People our biggest import as Melbourne gets squeezier'. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/people-our-biggest-import-20100330-rbhv.html The Australian: March 30, page 13, editorial, `Leadership and vision for a big Australia'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/leadership-and-vision-for-a-big-australia/story-e6frg71x-1225847154106 The Australian: April 8, page 5, news item by Patricia Karvelas, `Two-thirds are opposed to "big Australia"'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/two-thirds-of-population-are-opposed-to-big-australia/story-e6frg6nf-1225851118624 The Age: April 8, page 1, news item by Katharine Murphy, `Population can't be capped, says the minister'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/population-cant-be-capped-minister-20100407-rs6s.html The Australian: April 7, page 13, editorial, `Big or little? The debate is on'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/big-or-little-the-debate-is-on/story-e6frg71x-1225850666205 The Australian: April 7, page 12, comment by Paul Kelly, `Rudd moves to defuse growing population pressure'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-moves-to-defuse-growing-population-pressure/story-e6frg6zo-1225850659563 The Australian: April 7, page 1, news item by Patricia Karvelas, `Business rejects migrant cut'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/business-rejects-migrant-cut/story-e6frgczf-1225850680819 The Age: April 7, page 17, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Katharine Murphy, `When size does matter'. (Cartoon also in online version) http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/when-size-does-matter-20100406-rpbo.html The Herald-Sun: April 6, page 26, comment by Philip Hudson, `Size matters when it comes to the debate on population'. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/size-matters-when-it-comes-to-the-debate-on-population/story-e6frfhqf-1225850098996 The Australian: April 6, page 10, comment by Michael Sainsbury, `How to defuse population bomb'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/how-to-defuse-population-bomb/story-e6frg9p6-1225850074371 The Age: April 6, page 10, editorial, `Challenges of "big Australia" demand attention'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/challenges-of-big-australia-demand-attention-20100405-rmzv.html The Australian: April 5, page 12, comment (with cartoon) by Glenn Milne, `"Big country" grows into a big problem'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/big-country-grows-into-a-big-problem/story-e6frg6zo-1225849635690 The Age: April 4, page 1, news item by Josh Gordon, `Rudd flips on "big Australia"'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/rudd-flips-on-big-australia-20100403-rkvo.html The Australian: April 14, page 3, news item (contains survey statistics) by Stephen Lunn, `Women don't want a bigger population'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/women-dont-want-a-bigger-population/story-e6frg6nf-1225853375973 The Age: April 14, page 5, news item by Farah Farouque, `Majority oppose population growth: survey'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/majority-oppose-population-growth-survey-20100413-s7n5.html The Age: April 11, page 15, comment by Fergus Hanson, `It's time for open discussion on how big is too big'. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/its-time-for-open-discussion-on-how-big-is-too-big-20100410-rztm.html The Australian: April 10, Inquirer section, page 1, comment by George Megalogenis, `What if we raise the plank'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/what-if-we-raise-the-plank/story-e6frg6z6-1225851691388 The Australian: April 9, page 16, comment by Greg Hunt, `More people in an ailing infrastructure won't make a big country'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/more-people-in-an-ailing-infrastructure-wont-make-a-big-country/story-e6frg6zo-1225851579053 The Australian: April 9, page 6, news item by David Uren, `Regional labour shortages to dictate the pattern of population growth, says Burke'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/regional-labour-shortages-to-dictate-the-pattern-of-population-growth-says-burke/story-e6frgczf-1225851584427 The Herald-Sun: April 28, page 30, comment by Andrew Bolt, `Urban logjam a danger sign'. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/urban-logjam-a-danger-sign/story-e6frfhqf-1225859042433 The Australian: April 24, Inquirer section, page 7, comment by Barry Cohen, `Population size is the debate we need to have'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/population-size-is-the-debate-we-need-to-have/story-e6frgd0x-1225857317470 The Australian: May 6, page 12, comment by Barry Cohen, `Let's not beat about the bush, there's room aplenty'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/lets-not-beat-about-the-bush-theres-room-aplenty/story-e6frg6zo-1225862745959 The Australian: May 10, page 14, comment by Peter McDonald, `Demand for workers will outstrip fears about resources'. http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/demand-workers-will-outstrip-fear-about-resources The Australian: May 18, page 12, comment by John Pasquarelli, `Abbott should run a mile from "big Australia" policy time bomb'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/abbott-should-run-a-mile-from-big-australia-policy/story-e6frg6zo-1225867925050 |