The country took a breather from the election campaign on Thursday night to watch Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle.  The show interviewed Australian Dr Kim Streatfield who has been living in Bangladesh for the past 18 years. Every summer Dr Kim Streatfield treats 1000 people a day for severe diarrhoea in squalid conditions.  Despite this, every [...]

This election campaign has seen more of a focus on the issues of immigration, population and asylum seekers than any other election in recent times.  Whilst it’s heartening to see these subjects being discussed, there has been little discussion around the related topic of social cohesion. Australians are concerned about the total number of people [...]

This will be my final post for the foreseeable future. TheRealists started as an idea back in 2002 when I was living in the UK.  I had gone from living in a relatively calm and peaceful Australia, to living in a country that was experiencing race riots and where the issue of race always seemed [...]

I’m always confused when discussing immigration when someone says “Well, the Aboriginals were here first”. My first reaction to this statement is to think ‘What does the fact that Aboriginals came here 40,000 years ago got to do with a debate about modern day immigration?  Should I retort back that we were here 2nd?’ Facile [...]

Professor Tim Flannery, 2007 Australian of the year and one of Australia’s best known scientists, has spoken out against both high immigration and the need for multiculturalism.  Whilst Flannery’s views on Australia’s population are well known, it’s refreshing to hear a person that is held in such esteem also tackle the sensitive topic of multiculturalism. [...]

The past week has seen a lot of reporting on Australia’s high levels of immigration and population growth.  The reports were sparked by the release of the latest Intergenerational Report. Headlines such as Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into population disaster have questioned the perceived wisdom that an ever-increasing population is a good thing.  It’s heartening to see [...]

I have a timer in the shower; it helps me get to work on time, and I vaguely feel better for not harming the environment so much.  But every week thousands of people are coming to Australia. One week passes. It’s only a few thousand more people. Another week passes.  Another few thousand people. Over [...]

The SMH reports today that the government is preparing a 50-year migration plan that could contribute to Australia’s long term economic, demographic and environmental goals. A 50-year plan that involves good planning and rational decisions may sound commendable when it comes to immigration, however if the plan fails to take important matters into consideration then [...]

In what is believed to be a world first, a white South African has been granted asylum in Canada due to the persecution he received from black people in his own country.  The black racists that had attacked him on different occasions had called him a ‘white dog’ and a ‘settler’. He might consider himself [...]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics occasionally publishes projections of Australia’s population based on various growth scenarios. Currently Australia has a population of 21 million.  To put that a little into perspective in 1955 it was 10 million and in 1983 our population was 15 million. In other words, it took 28 years to grow our [...]