I have recently been pouring over a book by Dick Smith, the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Australian Geographic and Dick Smith Foods: ‘The Australian Population Crisis – The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia’.
Being a grandad, father, avid bushwalker, philanthropist and environmentalist, Mr Smith has developed an interest in the unsustainable growth in Australia’s rapidly growing population.
He is now one of the few entrepreneurs in Australia that supports an ailing farming industry which is increasingly being sold off to foreign interests.
During his quest to understand the dynamics of such matters he reveals that there are some similarities between what is currently happening here in New Zealand to what is happening in Australia and globally.
His concerns about the rapidly growing Australian population uncover some interesting facts about some of the issues Australia will encounter over the coming years.
One of the real concerns and questions he raises is how is Australia and the rest of the world going to feed an exponentially growing population?
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Andrew Martin
Global Outlook Blogger
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