Population
More migrants, fewer babies as population heads for 31.3 million
Australia is expected to be home to an extra 4.1 million people by the middle of the next decade, despite falling fertility and an increase in deaths.
- by Shane Wright
Latest
Migrant arrivals are finally dropping. But departures are still a big issue
A surge in immigrants calling Australia home is coming to an end. Despite the slowdown, Australia’s population grew by 552,000 over the past year.
- by Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
The booming areas that will bear the brunt of NSW’s population surge
The number of residents living outside Sydney will spiral higher in the next two decades, triggering calls for infrastructure to keep up with growing demand.
- by Megan Gorrey and Nigel Gladstone
Will your suburb shrink or grow? These charts have the answer
Sydney will add about 1 million people by 2041. Here’s where they’ll end up.
- by Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
Where have the kids gone? Brisbane’s shrinking suburbs revealed
As Brisbane’s population booms, something strange is happening in one pocket of the city – the number of residents is shrinking.
- by Marissa Calligeros and William Davis
The parts of Sydney where one child in five lives in poverty
The NSW Council of Social Service says the benefits of reforms introduced by Bob Hawke in the 1980s are being eroded.
- by Jordan Baker
The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament
The Independent MP says the tax system punishes the next generation. She wants changes before she backs a new government.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
City life
As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney, I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing
Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Childcare
Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children, families or taxpayers
It’s safe to say the cost of childcare may come in as a close second in deterring parents-to-be from starting a family.
- by Georgie Dent
The mortgage or the baby? Fertility dropping to record low
Births have fallen to a 15-year low and skyrocketing property prices are being blamed. Now there are calls for new policies to help people have children.
- by Shane Wright
Updated
Australian economy
WA’s economy officially the best of the best
WA led in three key categories, securing its position as the top state or territory for the quarter for the first time in a decade.
- by Hamish Hastie
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