My Country

Australia is my country; where I was born, and I am concerned that big business and government are going to ruin this wonderful, ancient and arid country.
There seems to be a common belief - mainly amongst recent immigrants, that as Australia's population is only 22 million and such a huge land mass that we can absorb or sustain a huge population.
A definition of "arid" is  lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
Humans are made up of 70% water. We cannot survive with out water.
So therefore isn't it logical that we have a finite population limit?


But of course, those who live in tall buildings with 3 piece suits think a large population means greater market share and bigger profits. Or putting it simply - Greed.
Governments of course see a large population as simply a large tax base.


With a larger population comes the need for more utilities and amenities; new hospitals and sewer plants, roads, schools and so on.
Many Australians would agree we are already behind the 8 ball with regards to all of the above inf-structure, so how can we afford more?


Yeah -sure there are many, many starving people in the world and I wish we could help them. We could simply open our borders to all and sundry, and help those millions of impoverished people.
  But where is the logic in trying to create something here that will only lower the standard of living here to the point were our whole sustainability could and would topple over. And  then we would be no different to the places where these people came from.


Isn't the better long term logic to help those people in their own countries and try to make it more attractive for those people to stay in their own native countries?


We cannot simply continue in the fashion we are accustomed to; we must change.


De-desalination plants are not the answer nor are creating shallow useless water storage dams which have masses of evaporation and destroy acres of productive soil.


I believe we have reached our sustainable population level.