The people and the population: immigration and social cohesion

What should be the criteria for expanding or limiting Australia’s population? Globalisation and relevance? Environmental concerns about the fragility of the natural setting? The market? Jobs? Cultural diversity and cohesion? Or all of the above? Barry Jones, author and former Labor ALP President and Member of Parliament; Meredith Hellicar, CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Dr Katharine Betts, Associate Professor, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne; and Kevin Andrew MP, Liberal Member for Menzies took up the issues in a wide ranging discussion at The Sydney Institute on Thursday 31 May 2001.