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Population: looking at the numbers with Bob Abbot

Sunshine Coast mayor Bob Abbot sees uncontrolled population growth as an insanity
We’re looking at 98,000 dwellings that the State Government has told us we have to build in the next 20 to 25 years

Charismatic Sunshine Coast mayor Bob Abbot says he can see a light at the end of the tunnel in the population-growth [...]

Populate and perish

by Professor Ian Lowe
I urge everyone to get involved with the public population/growth forums taking place in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast in the lead-up to Anna Bligh’s ‘Growth Management Summit’ at the end of March.
The decisions being taken in the next few months will literally shape our future. If we want to protect [...]

Jamming us in

Driving to work, going to the beach, going to the shops, taking the train – do you have the feeling you’re getting crowded out? Well, things will only get worse if Premier Anna Bligh has her way. So, welcome to Squeezeland, land of lost dreams!
But there may be some light because, at last, the planet’s [...]

A time to unite

Anyone who has attended meetings will know — the greater the number of people, the less chance there is of obtaining an outcome.
Therefore the outcome of Copenhagen should come as no surprise. Governments from wealthy countries know that voters are easily swayed by economic arguments. Poorer countries want more for their people. While we all [...]

Spring Update 2009

Inside this edition

Caloundra South development
Palmview development
Exploring the Past – Candle Mountain
Up Close with Ian Lowe
Traveston Dam: These will not be forgotten years
Wildlife: Lock up those cats
Eco Adventures: Booloumba Creek walk
Book Review: Overloading Australia
Print Edition

Caloundra South
A city with the population of Gladstone on the Sunshine Coast’s doorstep. Seven-storey buildings may soon welcome our southern visitors courtesy [...]

The Caloundra South Development

A city with the population of Gladstone on the Sunshine Coast’s doorstep. Seven-storey buildings may soon welcome our southern visitors courtesy of the State Government’s growth plans.
Caloundra South is just one of the many developments that the state government is promoting and fast-tracking to accommodate its agenda of growth.  With a projected population of [...]

Plea to halt absurd growth in Queensland

Letters to the Editor
Open letter to the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh
Dear Madam Premier,
Recently I had a short and enjoyable holiday in Noosa but was dismayed to read in the local papers of the plans by the Minister for Infrastructure to “reform” planning approvals and the possibility of development in the ‘Wild Horse’ mountain [...]