POPULATION growth is back on the agenda after Prime Minister Julia Gillard distanced herself from the Federal Government’s previous desire for a big Australia. Interest in the population debate surged at the end of 2009 and early 2010. While it has faded from the headlines it is set to become a topic of discussion over the next 12 months. The Capital Post interviewed Federal Labor backbencher Kelvin Thomson regarding his strong stance against a big Australia population policy.
“There is a frequent linking of population growth with economic growth and economic prosperity and this idea that bigger is better. I think that is wrong. I think that it is a pyramid scheme, that it is bound to collapse.”
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