The other powerful speaker on population was Kelvin Thomson MP with a clear [url=http://www.kelvinthomson.com.au/Editor/assets/pop_debate/091111%20population%20reform%20paper.pdf]14 point plan for population reform[/url] addressing population in both Australia and globally. Crucially he argues that every country in the world must take responsibility for stabilising its own population so that births = deaths in each country. Every country including Australia should be asked to do no more and no less than this. This is a much more equitable task that dealing with the difference between developed and developing countries on climate change.