More people. A solution or a big problem.

November 20, 2025

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/migration-myths/?utm_source=Pearls+%26+Irritations&utm_campaign=2140ca9104-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c6b037ecb-2140ca9104-670405568

Migration is an issue, as my article “More people. A solution or a big problem” demonstrates.

Whilst it’s true that pausing immigration here won’t alter the number of people on the planet, it would show the rest of the world that Australia recognises that every nation, including us, contributes to the climate crisis, and that regardless of where we live we all have a moral responsibility to address this existential threat.

The global climate crisis is driven by overpopulation. The problem is that there are too many people on the planet. That is an undeniable fact. One that is understood by a great many of us. Bringing in more people just worsens our situation and signals that we either don’t understand, or don’t care, about the impact that artificially increasing our population has.

This isn’t about race, or GDP, tax revenue, or statistics; it’s about a recognition that Malthus, Cousteau, Boulding and Attenborough are right. The mania for growth isn’t a solution; it’s a major part of the problem.

And it may well end up killing us all.