Population Forum

Proceedings of Sydney's Population Future Forum held on 3 March 2001 at Sutherland Entertainment Centre.

• Official Opening - Dr Mary White, Paleobotanist and author

• Forum Format - Mr Bob Walshe OAM, Chairman of Sutherland Shire Environment Centre

• Scenarios for the future population of Sydney - Professor Peter McDonald, Head of Demography program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University.

• Population Stabilisation: Australia 24 Million, Sydney 6 Million - Hon Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

• Labor's Population Policy Sustainable Development: An Integrated Approach to Population - Martin Ferguson AM MP, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Services and Population.

• Sustainable Community Development - Michael Richardson MP, State Member for the Hills

• Urban Consolidation - Local Government Experience? - Clr Genia McCaffery, Mayor of North Sydney Council.

• Shifting the Focus to Whole of State Development - Clr Peter Woods OAM, President Local Government Association of NSW

• Dictatorship of the high density bullies - Dr Tony Recsei, President of Save Our Sydney Suburbs

• Prosper through growth - Brent Davis, Director of Trade and International, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry