I can assure Ludwig that some of us Save Our Suburbs members are also members of the Stable Population Party of Australia,a party formed and registered last year to stand candidates at the next Federal election.We also see the need for a sustainable population, and I believe one of the SPPA policies is to match immigration levels with emigration levels.No doubt more of SPPA's policies will come out in the campaign.

Regards

Very good. Thanks Tony.

Great piece. The fact is that energy usage,if it is something worth minimising, is not strongly related to density. It is just another kitchen sink' thrown in to support the prejudices of those who want to impose their own preferences on others.

People should be free to choose where they want to live and be free to build and develop land - after all we have far more of it in
Australia than elsewhere. it also follows that existing householders in existing suburbs have only limited rights over the redevelopment of their areas.

Limited rights over the decisions of other people is the key

Alan Moran
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Or alternatively Alan, seeing that- as you said- we have plenty of space in this continent, it would be perfect encouragement to start making use of that space, by allowing people of the local areas to vote on if they want a development or not- encouraging the construction of new cities in the 'space' we have, rather than trying to congest existing areas.
That way, the right of someone to build where they like still exists- except when it conflicts with the right of locals to not have private individuals applying adverse changes to their environments.