@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialAustralia’s unemployment rate reached 4.7% in September, a five year high.
SPA’s latest media release asks what this means for skills, training, productivity and Australia’s future workforce needs.
population.org.au/media-releas...
@spaustraliahq.bsky.social🌱 What does resilience look like for Australian farming?
New CSIRO research is testing regenerative farming practices and examining soil health, resource use, biodiversity and long term sustainability.
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialThe conversation around Australia’s population is shifting.
Our work continues to highlight the relationship between population growth and pressure on Australia’s natural environment.
Read more: population.org.au/media-releas...
@spaustraliahq.bsky.social📚 SPA Educational Series
As communities grow, so does demand for homes, energy, water, food and infrastructure.
How do all these pieces fit together?
Explore the bigger picture with SPA.
population.org.au/discussion-p...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #Sustainability
@spaustraliahq.bsky.social💧 WA’s population is growing while Perth faces increasing pressure on its water resources.
SPA's latest media release population.org.au/media-releas...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #WaterSecurity #WesternAustralia
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialPopulation Matters’ Spring 2026 magazine connects people, informed choices and nature.
Shared by SPA to encourage discussion.
Credit: Population Matters.
populationmatters.org/resources/po...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #PopulationMatters
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialSPA’s new report explores family planning access, with lead author Dr Jane O’Sullivan highlighting growing unmet need.
Read more below.
population.org.au/media-releas...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #FamilyPlanning #InformedChoices #SustainableFutures
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialHow can family planning support people and the planet? SPA’s new report:
population.org.au/discussion-p...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #WorldContraceptionDay #FamilyPlanning #WomensEmpowerment
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialWhat makes a growing community liveable?
SPA is taking you beyond the numbers, with Peter Strachan on housing, water and environmental capacity.
Full release here - population.org.au/media-releas...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #HousingPlanning #WaterSecurity #Immigration
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialA home. A school. A patch of green.
SPA is taking you beyond population figures. What makes a growing community a better place to live?
Check our latest media release here population.org.au/media-releas...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #PopulationGrowth
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialSPA is taking you into our water future. 💧
August 2026 groundwater levels were below average across much of southern Australia.
How should water shape development?
Read the Bureau’s update
www.bom.gov.au/climate/drou...
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #SustainabilityMatters
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialSPA is taking you into the bigger picture behind Michael Bayliss’s words: how population and consumption shape our relationship with nature.
Read more in the reply.
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #SustainabilityMatters #EnvironmentalPlanning
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialHistorical images of Tokyo’s railway staff pushing passengers into crowded carriages capture a large story. What happens when communities grow faster than the infrastructure supporting them?
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits
Image: Tokyo, reportedly 1975. Original source unknown.
@spaustraliahq.bsky.socialWhen the conditions a species needs change, suitable habitat may be somewhere else. The landscape in between matters.
Read more from Monash University. Source link in our first comment.
#SustainablePopulationAustralia #LiveWithinLimits #Butterflies #Biodiversity
@spaustraliahq.bsky.social🏡 Can building more homes keep pace with growing demand?
SPA’s President Peter Strachan discusses housing affordability and aligning population growth with housing and infrastructure capacity.
Read more population.org.au/media-releas...
