The 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...

The 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...
📚 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...
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💧 WA’s population is growing while Perth faces increasing pressure on its water resources.
SPA's latest media release population.org.au/media-releas...
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Population Matters’ Spring 2026 magazine connects people, informed choices and nature.
Shared by SPA to encourage discussion.
Credit: Population Matters.
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SPA’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
How can family planning support people and the planet? SPA’s new report:
population.org.au/discussion-p...
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SPA is taking you through its call for a stable population that Australia can sustain.
Join the conversation and explore the context below.
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#SustainablePopulationAustralia #livewithin #PopulationPlanning #LiveableCommunities #HealthyEcosystems
What 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
A 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
SPA 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
SPA 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.
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Historical 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?
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Image: Tokyo, reportedly 1975. Original source unknown.
When 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.
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🏡 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.
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