For those that support the notion that it would be a good thing if billions were to depart this world, then I suggest to be entirely fair, we should do this alphabetically, so; AARON AARDVARK from AADONDEE come on down!

Seriously, a population control program is required and it should be equally spread throughout the world. Where there are areas of overpopulation then people should be given the freedom and assistance to resettle in areas of under population such as Australia. Economic incentives to voluntarily participate in birth control can only be a good thing. Education should be a key factor in such a program. This type of action should be on a World basis Australia and other western countries should make a contribution at the same level as third world countries.

Well, if we don't introduce population control on this planet then this planet will introduce population control on us. How much clearer can it said ?
I have a Labor moron boss & he thinks we need more people to pay taxes ? Go figure !

Indi, how do you survive up there in The Deep Deep North with everyone in sight being MORONS!
Your Boss is a moron, he's made it above YOU and he's a moron, what does that make YOU! MY boss is a genius, he must be, he employed ME!

The one thing I noticed is everybody enjoying a sling at their favourite punching bag, mainly separated between political ideologies. Cute.

Nobody I notice is wondering how come there is growing anti-biotic resistant TB on our doorstep.

Once upon a time, before QLD got a new government in with and overwhelming majority and with a determination to dismantle everything the previous government had done, because you know, the other guy bad, we're good, there were expanding Health care services in regional Qld. This was of course decimated, because, public services and public servants bad. Needs to be cut and quickly. No thought about consequences.

One of the services decimated was health care and its outposts and services, also on the islands within Australia that really overlap with PNG. This meant that once PNG villagers, a long way from any medical outpost offered by PNG went to Australia for screening, antibiotics and refills. Now this is no longer possible. Courses are not completed, ergo XDR TB. Good you might say, because why should Australian tax-payers living by the skin of their teeth pay for other people's anti-biotics. That of course is said by those who do not realize that some actions of apparent compassion and altruism in end actual benefit us. Like not creating XDR TB right on our doorstep.

Ludwig,therefore you can thank Campbell Newman for his population control methods. More cost effective than birth control education.

Yvonne, one of the underlying problems is that successive Qld governments, and federal governments, of both persuasions, have facilitated rapid population growth well ahead of our economic means of properly supporting it.

Despite a rapidly growing economy, the demand for everything that the economy is supposed to provide had increased more rapidly. So the overall budget has become highly stressed.

Consequently all sorts of things that would have been done if we didn’t have this absurdly high population growth to deal with don’t get done or get done to a cheaper and poorer extent.

There is more of an emphasis on the here-and-now and less on long-term planning.

Under this sort of regime, things like dealing with health issues on the northern fringe of Australia get put into the low-priority bucket, which effectively means that they get addressed in little more than a token manner.

Many successive governments are responsible for this. Our underlying addiction to continuous growth rather that to achieving a sustainable society is responsible for this.

The Newman government is one step better than previous governments in that it is trying to address the budgetary mismatch…. sort of….although without taking the essential step of pulling back on population growth.

Addressing things like XDR TB in neighbouring countries goes hand in hand with the realignment of basic political philosophy towards the achievement of a sustainable society. And it sits at stark odds with the continuation of the utterly stupid continuous-expansionism-with-no-end-in-sight current mentality.

MY boss is a genius, he must be, he employed ME!
Paul1405,
Yep, the Peter Principle is alive & well.