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Anti Population Immigration Bigots

March 3, 2013

Population theorist stands by his beliefs.  POPULATION expert Paul Ehrlich has been accused of many things – of being alarmist, inaccurate and even stupid.    But the man who wrote the book The Population Bomb in 1968 is standing by his original text despite many of his predictions being proven wrong, and before his visit […]

Australia Doctor Shortage

March 1, 2013

Over-serviced: national doctor shortage ‘a myth. THE number of full-time GPs billing on Medicare has surged at more than twice the rate of both population growth and the increase in Medicare payments back to doctors. The findings, in a paper to be released today by Monash University demographer Bob Birrell, point to a major “over-servicing” […]

Anti Immigration Anti Population Australia

February 14, 2013

The Social Contract Press and Australia   Various Australians have contributed article, reviews, and/or have had their publications or books reviewed in John Tanton’s The Social Contract Press including:   Dr. Robert Birrell of Monash University’s Centre for Population and Urban Research in addition to articles, has had his books available via The Social Contract Press. […]

Social Contract and John Tanton

January 27, 2013

John Tanton’s The Social Contract Press is designated as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC: “In 1994 The Social Contract Press republished an infamous racist novel ‘The Camp of the Saints’ with his whole hearted endorsement and a special afterword from its author saying ‘the proliferation of other races, dooms our […]

Immigration Population Racism

January 18, 2013

Australia has had a visitor called Roy Beck from “NumbersUSA” appearing in the media to argue against immigration and population growth. Beck is obviously concerned about the environment, as are Australian groups who subscribe to similar views e.g. Stable Population Party and the Sustainable Population Australia. However, the benevolence ends there as Roy Beck has […]

Boris Johnson on UK Immigration

December 18, 2012

Boris Johnson criticises Theresa May over immigration claim.   Mayor of London says he ‘cannot see logic’ in home secretary’s claim that immigrants have pushed up property prices. 100,000 students coming to UK face immigration interviews.   Home secretary announces programme to root out abuse of visa system, focusing on ‘highest-risk countries’ Boris Johnson has criticised […]

Negative Impact of International Students?

November 26, 2012

“Foreign students boost unemployment among the young.  Efforts by the Australian government to make studying in Australia more attractive to foreign students appear to have boosted unemployment rates among the nation’s young people, according to a new report . The report says tens of thousands of foreign students are successfully applying for different visas at […]

Australian Population Growth Myths

November 16, 2012

Shock News! Anti Immigration Researcher calls for less Immigration. Dr. Bob Birrell of the Centre for Population & Urban Research at Monash University calls for less Temporary Visas, International Students and Immigrants (apparently British, Irish etc. Backpackers ok?). AUSTRALIA’S major immigration visa subclasses need to be culled to slash record high immigration because the growth of […]

International Student Education Employment Immigration

October 11, 2012

International Education Immigration and Students Australian Higher Education Grapples with Rise of Asia.  However, in a recurring theme at the conference, speakers said Australian society was simply unready for deeper relationships with Asia—a challenge to the goal described by Mr. Connelly. Broader social realities, such as a national debate over the rights of asylum seekers […]

Australia Asian Century

September 11, 2012

Australia in the Asia Century Australian politicians, media, business and society are obviously at cross purposes? “Students the key to opening doors in China, says HSBC. Australian companies looking to do business with China should consider recruiting some of the 150,000 Chinese students studying here (in Australia), James Hogan, the head of commercial banking for […]

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