Australia hits 21 million as birth rate rises


	Australia hits 21 million as birth rate rises

cobismith

6-29-2007 1:31 PM

591 views

tags:

births, migration, population, australia, economics, statistics, environment, sus

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from June 29, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1fabfa53-7d73-45f5-a8fe-a4e6dc150b75/53ECC9E4-B21C-4700-BB3C-2C60BA4A16D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">Kellisa</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">was born in the
hospital's maternity section at 7.21pm last night, roughly the
moment when the Bureau of Statistics believes the 21 million mark
would be reached.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">The census, held on August 6 last year, found evidence that
Australia had almost 100,000 more people than originally
believed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">The bureau estimates that in the past year alone, Australia's
population grew by a record 300,000. Just over half that growth is
coming from migration, which last year was the highest in almost 20
years, and is set to climb higher as employers hunt for skilled
workers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">Last year
almost 266,000 babies were born, the second highest ever. the death
rate is now a third lower than it was 15 years ago.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">This combination is rapidly changing Australia's horizons, and
reawakening a population debate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shes-one-in-21-million-as-australia-comes-of-age/2007/06/29/1182624171420.html?s_cid=rss_age">What would this do to our economy, and our environment? There's
no evidence that size makes for economic success. The world's
richest economy is Luxembourg.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53ECC9E4-B21C-4700-BB3C-2C60BA4A16D1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips