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I don't think so. How would a couple of extra cities on the Queensland north coast, for example, be 'fatally damaging' to Australia's ecology? The alternative is to live in cramped cities, huddled together like sardines as we do now, for fear of damaging the precious ecosystem. But it's good...

indeed, and trees don't grow in the ground anywhere at all... :)

Look around. We already do. The same changes that would make room for others would make life more liveable for people already here. What? You'd think I suggested bulldozing Ayers Rock! There's plenty of non-descript bushland that could be put to better use, without the loss of any natural...

Australia is the most sparsely populated country on the planet. Sure, yes, a lot of it is desert, but even up and down the east coast there is spare capacity. We have rivers that run into the ocean untouched and untapped. We have wide open space everywhere. The problem is restrictive land use...

I'm an Australian who lived and worked in America for many years, and there are a ton of misconceptions on this thread. First... America is an incredible place to live, it has a vibrant culture and really is the 'land of opportunity', more so than Australia. It's the world's biggest economy...

die before you get old, eh? What's "old"? I suspect you'll keep pushing the goalposts back each year and each decade as you age. Old will always mean something further along the road, behind a bend, out of sight. And so it should. Ageing is another word for "surviving," which is a good thing. It...

Thanks Michael. I've lurked a bit, but decided to jump in. I wasn't intending to mount a doom-and-gloom argument. My point was simply that the government's ability to stop bubbles and crashes is more limited than people think; especially the government! Personally I can't decide if the price...

So what you're saying is, there won't be a bust because the government will save us. Unfortunately you have too much faith in governments to protect us from the ebb and flow of market forces. It's not about "betting against them", it's "betting against their ability to stop the tide from going...