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Dick Smith on population.


I'm watching Dick Smith on ABC TV National Press Club...

 

OMG is he giving the journos a full on spray...  Love it.

 

 

 



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I'm watching Dick Smith on ABC TV National Press Club...

 OMG is he giving the journos a full on spray...  Love it. 


 I watched it too, him and Mr (can't recall his first name) Turner, founder and managing director of Flight Centre were both in unison on their views about our increasing population boom and immigration outstripping our ability to provide services, jobs and housing.

I think most of us living in the Metro areas would know how hard it is now to get into see a doctor or hospital treatment now and the traffic and parking problems, etc, etc......made a lot of sense, I hope they repeat the program, it would be well worth watching for anyone that didn't see it.



-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 05:30:56 PM

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I've never seen him fire up like that, he made quite a few shining arses in the audience squirm.

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http://www.afr.com/p/national/dick_smith_and_graham_turner_call_Nk0E24DRIeOMrMidSFLqLI



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The reason Dick gave them a spray is exactly because of the likes of that article in the link above. They just don't get it.

I think Fleur Anderson, the writer if that article, may have been one of the offenders.

Dick and Turner and a few others are just putting it out there as a catalyst to get a think tank up and running.



How can a whole industry be so dumb?

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Vic41 wrote:

 our increasing population boom and immigration outstripping our ability to provide services, jobs and housing.


 

David Suzuki was telling our government that over 30 years ago.   All the pollies care about is fattening their own wallets.  The'yre not going to have to worry about the mess they've created  after they've gone.  He also added the fact that we won't be able to feed ourselves either. 

I'd better stop there, or I'll be ranting about that subject forever. 

Cheers,

Sheba.

 



-- Edited by Sheba on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 09:41:15 PM

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Rosie Lewis from The Australian has also misrepresented the session.

We are screwed if the press can't get it.

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