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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...