on roads etc. Maybe we should stop having babies - or limit children to one per couple (if not by decree then by limiting financial and other assistance). Then we could increase the intake of migrants such that births plus immigration matches the death rate and the number leaving Australia. That would maintain diversity, provide a workforce, help keep the age profile healthy and give a good home to the many people from other countries who would like to live here, for whatever reason (eg avoiding climate change disasters, escaping tyranny or war, enjoying the sunshine, being with their relatives, escaping really crowded countries, or whatever). Zoltar : 24 Dec 2010 1:00:14am Australians should have fewer babies so we can import more migrants? You've got to be kidding. This is closer to treason than it is to being humane. If anyone should be having fewer babies, it's the people that want to move here, as population induced conditions in the region where they live, is frequently a significant factor in their desire to leave. Australians have been reproducing at below replacement levels for more than 30 years, and has such restraint been rewarded? No, we've been punished for it by government migration programs. Calling for greater restraint is pointless, and will remain pointless, until such time as we have a government that is not at war with the population choices of its citizens. Evan Hadkins : 22 Dec 2010 5:38:24pm I'm not sure what population Australia could support. My guess