Comments on: Higher population equals poorer housing: RBA

By: VivKay

VivKay — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:29:55 +0000

Like the child who stares at the Emperor with not clothes, you make complete sense. It’s not rocket science that high populations create poverty and lower living standards. That’s why people from Africa, SE Asia, India and China and many other countries prefer to live in Australia. India and China may have booming economies, but the costs are high. Few politicians or the media dare to mention the costs of ongoing population growth, or point to the symptoms but don’t relate them to the root cause.
What is say is true and our politicians are on a one way course to grow the economy at all costs! Population growth is not something we are forced to accommodate, and our “boom” is not inevitable. It is due mainly to immigration – and also our “natural” growth – and so numbers could easily be tweaked.

By: Ian Clark

Ian Clark — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:01:11 +0000

Can’t fault it, Crispin. Thank you for again telling the fundamental challenge facing the world precisely as it is.

In case you don’t know it or have it, can I suggest you secure a copy of Kenneth Cook’s Play little Victims. Pergamon Press, 1978. A brilliant allegorical tale that should be on every mantelpiece.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:10:24 +0000

Spot on – as usual. The current scheme of rampant population growth only benefits few and is to the detriment of the vast majority of the Australian population, who is against it, as relevant surveys show. Our government has no mandate to carry it out against the will of the people, and – because of this – I regard the scheme as undemocratic and un-Australian.

Our current far too high immigration number is not set in stone and should be greatly reduced as soon as possible, in order to prevent further damage to our environment and to ensure a better future for our children. A good government would see to this and strive to improve the life quality of its people. I hope that the Australian population wakes up before the next election, and I think that your above article should be widely distributed for informing the people accordingly in this respect. Can you do this?

I would be in favour of a new party, which benefits the whole population and not only a few groups. But for getting enough votes, such a party should have not only a program for stable population but also other programs with the view of lifting the life quality of the people.

By: Keith Ross

Keith Ross — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:01:52 +0000

Dear Crispin,
Yet another sterling article on the problems with the myopic policy of accepting unrestrained population growth as inevitable. Congratulations. As you point out, there is no political will to move towards a sustainable population policy that will take the pressure off a fragile environment and scarce resources.

You many be aware that a new political party the Stable Population Party of Australia is in the process of being formed. For the first time, it may make the major parties take notice of the major issue that faces Australia, its population growth.
Regards Keith Ross

By: Warned about population

Warned about population — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:33:38 +0000

I also wish to thank you Crispin for your article in p15 of the Forum section of The Canberra Times of 13/3/2010 (reproduced here). I have similar views to Geoff Buckmaster. I have never been in favour of a system that supports ever-increasing human populations. All these years I have warned them against increasing our population but the warnings are ignored, and now we have to pay and subsidise for their selfish desires and wishes to multiply, by having to put up with a reduced quality of life (as described in your article) because of all the extras they have put on this planet. It’s disgusting in the extreme.

By: Geoff Buckmaster

Geoff Buckmaster — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:01 +0000

Thanks Crispin, for another dose of logic and commonsense. Sadly, I remain somewhat pessimistic on the capacity of the broader voter base to appreciate the gravity of this situation and send a clear message to major party politicians (I refuse to call them leaders). For the sake of future generations, I hope they surprise me.