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I'm busting to write a big reply to this HE, but maybe tonight. Bit firstly, what are you proposing? Tell us what you would do? Would you leave immigration at it's current high rate of say 200 to 300 thousand. I already know you want more humanitarian and less skilled, so leave as is, but...

Aborigines did last for tens of thousands of years in relative harmony with the landscape. But they still did cause some dieoffs of plenty of animals while they were here. And without developing agriculture or having oil or machinery, their method of burning off the landscape to generate new...

We are 5 hours from a capital city CBD. We are 16 ks to a town of 300 with a shop and pub and primary school. We are 35 ks to a town of 3000 with a small supermarket, and high school. A school bus goes past our front gate. Tamworth has about 40,000 and even has traffic lights. I'm not sure...

And around here, where we are 5 hours from the CBD of the nearest capital city, no one even wants to live in town. The ultimate is to own acres just minutes out of town, preferably with a creek and a view. I even have a soccer field out the front. :D See ya's.

Yep, the west consumes too much, and the third worlds population growth is out of control. Agreed. It's just not going to happen. I like good food and beer. I'm not going to stop eating heaps of meat. I own a water ski boat, it has a 6.2 litre, V8 motor. I own a dirtbike, 2 actually...

Lindsay Tanner used Bangladesh as an example of how underpopulated Australia is by using Bangladesh as an example of how populated it's possible to become. I wouldn't be surprised if Tanner is a closet 'small Australia' advocate and mentioned Bangladesh as sort of protest. There must be a lot of...

The world's population is growing at 80 million a year. :eek: Mostly in the third world where food is already short. What is the point of trying to accomodate 80 million? It's pointless. An expanding 3rd world population is a pretty darn good reason why we should have minimal population...

This show was a lot better than I thought it would be. It was well done and well researched. Dick is very passionate about this subject, and he mentioned how stupid it is that as soon as someone mentions the issue, racism comes into play and people don't want to discuss the subject. He even...