Countdown to going down...

Who reading this was alive 50 years ago, with a world population only 3.086 billion? Who is only young, happy with their life now within a world population of 7.207 billion? 

Not me. Just not.

I had a lovely youth in my country (New Zealand). I was born in 1956, and our population was only around 2.3 million at that time, only three and a half times less than Aussie. NZ has now doubled, to just over 4 million. Not at all bad.

Australia, however, has grown like the rest of the growing world – not too far behind other certain Western countries such as German, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, UK and USA. Australia was 8.2 million in the 50s, but has increased now up to 21.9 million. Three times population more in Australia, and more than five and a half population larger than NZ.  Too much.

So what is Australia doing to control this? Other, of course, than holding their boat refugees in very wrong refugee camps on Nauru.

When LNP won the election 2 years ago they had spent a long time flouncing Julia Gillard, calling her anything they wished to do so. There were no complaints in newspapers, no court cases for Gillard, no apologies. Abbott, Hockey, Brandis, Pyne, Morrison, Bishop et al just simply ignored… everyone.

Looking at the LNP budget this year is so pitiful, it should be dumped. Yet I don’t ever expect them to take this sort of action. LNP seems to be agreeing with population growth. Far too many people have come here and applied for and got citizenship, but so many of them are not NZers, not Arabics, not Muslims. Not rich. Not workers. Many own companies which are not even based in Australia – and they don’t even pay tax. They are happy to employ a 457, but would not employ any person on Centrelink unemployment.

Recent reports on ABC talked about how much plastic ends up in the ocean and kills fish and mammals. So very sad, yet so many of the 7.207 billion population just don’t seem to care. Anyone who says they will help to clean it up must be a God, yet their help is too little.

Within every country trees are continuing to be cut down, ruining the air in those areas…. and spreading to the rest of the world. Anyone who protests about this should get an award, yet their help is too little.

Climate change is essential to reduce the climate problems throughout this populated world. Anyone who will plant trees and care for their environmental should be supported, yet their help is too little.

The EU in 2011completed a survey to what people considered to be primary challenges. These were:

#9 Proliferation of nuclear weapons

#8 Armed conflict

#7 Spread of infectious disease

#6 The increasing global population

#5 Availability of energy

#4 International terrorism

#3 The economic situation

#2 Climate change, and

#1 Poverty, hunger and lack of drinking water

There was a #10 – but no-one knew what to say!

Global Issues reported that 21,000 children die every single day in the world, and this tragedy would very rarely meet headlines. This site also reported that half of the world’s population, more than 3 billion people, live on less than $2.50 each day.

That will never happen to Australia. At least, not right now.

So what will the LNP do for Australia? Can the LNP do anything for Australia? What can it do, or will it do? Will this government help out unemployed people, youth and oldies? Will this government support the climate change so that this growing population will not, in the future, worry about floods, rain, dryness, high temperatures, too much power, very expensive houses? Will this government take from the rich and give to the poor? I really doubt this.

Abbott, Hockey, Brandis, Pyne, Morrison, Bishop et al just simply ignored… everyone.

50 years ago New Zealand was a wonderful country, with excellent neighbourhoods, small shops, safety, great driving, great… well, great living. Aussie might already have been like that. But now NZ hasn’t grown as much as Aussie. 10 years ago, when I moved here, I loved Brisbane. I didn’t see any changes. More fool me. These changes are just coming far too fast.

These days I can’t move back to NZ, even if I wish to. I no longer have a family apart from my daughter here in Brisbane, and I have a health issue which hangs around with me. They are holding me here, and I don’t like it. This world population is growing far too fast, and this planet is headed for “The End”. If you  don’t like this planet ending, change where we are going!

Otherwise, reader, kiss your arse goodbye.