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MEDIA RELEASE: Turnbull’s 30 minute cities plan is his Kevin Rudd “Big Australia” moment
There’s only one serious solution to our clogged cities.
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MEDIA RELEASE: A simpler, fairer tax system
Multinationals Should Pay 50% If Not Paying Their Fair Share of Tax
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MEDIA RELEASE: 24 Million: It’s time to think better, not bigger
In 2000, then Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock stated that Australia’s population of 19 million would reach about 24 million by 2050.[1] Just 16 years later, that population target has already been reached and official projections show the nation could have 40 million people by 2050.
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MEDIA: Time to change the Senate voting system, and here's how
The answer to our problems lies simply in handing the power over Senate preferences back to the voters: William Bourke, Sustainable Australia
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VIDEO: William Bourke speaks at North Sydney by-election forum
William Bourke campaigns during the 5 December 2015 North Sydney by-election. This was a Chatswood community event on 26 November, run by the Willoughby Progress Association...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Refugee posturing by politicians morally misguided
Aid to live safely and sustainably far more effective: Sustainable Australia
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MEDIA RELEASE: Sustainables endorse environmental scientist for Canning
Federal parliament needs more women and scientists: Sustainable Population Party
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MEDIA: Green Lifestyle Magazine - Closing the sustainability loop
"One extra person can produce enough waste to undermine the recycling efforts of 20 citizens."
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MEDIA RELEASE: Infrastructure cannot be doubled with population doubling because Australian cities have reached diseconomies of scale
“It used to be easy to deliver infrastructure when the government owned the land, but because our major cities are already planned and built up, there is no room to retro-fit new infrastructure without expensive additions like land buy-backs and tunnelling,” said William Bourke, President of Sustainable Australia Party.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Intergenerational Report Misrepresents Ageing and Dependency
Total labour-force participation matters, not age: Sustainable Population Party
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MEDIA: Sydney Morning Herald - Ageing is no ticking time-bomb
Our ageing population presents serious economic challenges. Right?
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MEDIA: Open Forum - Redefining economic growth
If we achieve high employment, a diverse economic base, and sustainable resource management, GDP will take care of itself.
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MEDIA: Decentralisation Slogan Ignores Reality That Migrants Settle in Cities
The global and Australian experience is that migrants aim to live where they believe job prospects are best and also where they have relatives. That is almost always in our few biggest cities. Migrants generally don’t aim to live in remote areas and we simply can’t force them to.
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MEDIA: Sydney Morning Herald - More bills than skills from this migration
In 2011 William Bourke exploded the myth that Australia's immigration program resolves skills shortages.*