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Covid hospital admissions set to double
Hospitalisations have already steadily risen since the beginning of June, as experts sound the warning over the BA. 5 variant.
Omicron blamed for fewer boosters
The impetus to have a booster shot is waning, with 30 per cent of Australians yet to have a third dose of a Covid vaccine.
Feeling right at home on just another average day
Across the nation, 66 per cent of us either own our homes outright or are paying them off. The figure is 65.5 per cent in the Perth suburb of Hilton.
Wealthy, students led Lib defeats
The 2021 census has laid bare the demographics of the Morrison government’s defeat at the last election.
How baby boomer kids are making a big bump
The fastest growing age cohorts in Australia are people age 20 to 34 and those over 65, census data reveals. We look at why.
Boom! It’s the march of the millennials
Australia is undergoing a generational shapeshift with those born between 1981-1995 catching the baby boomers as a proportion of the population.
Primary hurdle on Coalition’s path back to power
Coalition faced with the mammoth task of winning seats that Labor now holds on margins of 3.3 per cent or more.
Booster shots work to reduce the death rate
States with higher booster vaccination rates experienced lower death rates from Covid-19, new analysis shows, as top heath chiefs urge those holding out to get their third shot immediately.
How the ALP fell into power
Labor’s victory in last month’s election came despite the party’s primary vote falling in more than half of the nation’s seats.
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