The federal government will respond to concerns Australia is marching towards an unsustainable population by drawing up a strategy that first considers the benefits of growth. Tony Burke will be appointed as Australia's first population minister and will draw up a strategy on how to support the growing population and its effect on infrastructure and services, housing, congestion, the environment, agriculture and water. [...] Opposition Leader Tony Abbott meanwhile used the appointment to attack the government's approach to the asylum seeker problem. "You can't have a population policy without also having a border protection policy," he told reporters in Sydney. "If you can't control your borders, you can't sustain your population." read more
(Courier Mail) ONE of the most common weed killers in the world, atrazine, causes chemical castration in frogs and could be contributing to a worldwide decline in amphibian populations. Researchers compared 40 male control frogs with 40 male frogs reared from hatchlings until full sexual maturity, in atrazine concentrations similar to those experienced year-round in areas where the chemical is found. [..] "Atrazine exposure is highly correlated with low sperm count, poor semen quality and impaired fertility in humans,'' the study said. Atrazine is widely used by farmers around the world as a weed- and grass-killer, particularly in production of corn, sorghum and sugar cane. read more
(SMH) Soaring house prices, rising interest rates and a winding back of the first homeowners grant all contributed to housing affordability taking a nose-dive at the end of 2009. The deterioration was widespread in all capital cities and regional areas, with the largest falls recorded in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra, according to a Housing Industry Association (HIA)/Commonwealth Bank of Australia survey. The association is forecasting a moderate housing recovery in 2010 with about 152,000 dwelling starts. But that's still below the 190,000 required to keep pace with Australia's population growth. [..] "Without the required new home building to keep up with underlying requirements, house prices and rents are expected to continue pushing upwards through 2010," Mr [senior economist Ben] Phillips said. read more
The Captain of the 'Sea Shepard' whom the media are concerned with lately has other passions he seeks while not out crashing into Japaneses whaling boats. Captain Paul Watson and his skull and neptune pitch fork emblem make more devilish sense when we learn what else Watson has on mind. Cloaked around a pretty story about human extinction “65 million years ago” we learn Captain Watson also wants today five (5) billion of you all to be cured...
“Curing a body of cancer requires radical and invasive therapy, and therefore, curing the biosphere of the human virus will also require a radical and invasive approach”
You can read more of this sea dogs ramblings including who should have children or not crap here
Captain Paul Watson, please lead by example and next time go down with the ship offering yourself up to your pagan goddess gaia (aka mother earth) and help reduce world population.
(SMH) Soaring house prices, rising interest rates and a winding back of the first homeowners grant all contributed to housing affordability taking a nose-dive at the end of 2009. The deterioration was widespread in all capital cities and regional areas, with the largest falls recorded in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra, according to a Housing Industry Association (HIA)/Commonwealth Bank of Australia survey. The association is forecasting a moderate housing recovery in 2010 with about 152,000 dwelling starts. But that's still below the 190,000 required to keep pace with Australia's population growth. [..] "Without the required new home building to keep up with underlying requirements, house prices and rents are expected to continue pushing upwards through 2010," Mr [senior economist Ben] Phillips said. 
The Captain of the 'Sea Shepard' whom the media are 