Planning and population are linked
JILL AMERY: John Rau’s comments (Rau hits out at anti-population lobby, InDaily, July 4, 2013) about obsessive advocates wanting to stop further population growth in South Australia while masquerading as critics of the planning system, are based on incorrect assumptions.
McCrindle Research’s statistics state that 73% of our Australian population (including South Australia) supports stable and sustainable population growth – and this is also the objective of the two major (political) population parties. Critics of the planning system in SA have every right to be dubious about the government’s 30-year Plan for Greater Adelaide, which through its initial minimal public consultation did not make a good start. The two concepts can be linked but they are not necessarily joined.
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Mr Rau might be well advised to listen to the majority public, whom he should be serving in his capacity as Planning Minister. Any notable intended population growth that is not internally generated needs a true vision involving careful strategic planning in conjunction with the public, to take account of our limited state budget, our limited and ageing infrastructure, our limited water supply, and our limited employment prospects.
Many of us believe, perhaps not illogically, that we should be encouraging and supporting our own before bringing in further large populations from outside.
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