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Australians are having fewer babies than ever before, according to the government's intergenerational report.

Almost 60% of people - aged between 18 and 35 - have experienced strangulation during sex at least once, according to a 2024 study from the Melbourne University Law School and The University of Queensland.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is launching a government review. 

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The Trump administration's policy on deporting immigrants to third countries has faced a major setback this month with a federal appeals court ruling the policy is unlawful.

Noongar man Kim Scott is one of Australia's most distinguished authors.

Co-operative housing makes up less than one per cent of Australia's total housing stock, yet some believe it could be a solution to the housing crisis and help forever renters find security.

The Trump administration is calling on the Australian government to exclude US social media companies from its proposed changes to social media algorithms. 

The US Embassy has called on the Australian government to exclude US social media companies from its plans to give users the option to opt into algorithms.

The Senate inquiry continues today in the Melbourne inner suburb of Yarraville.  

Some telcos have claimed an independent authority would make no difference to reliability of the service.

American news networks CNN, ​MS NOW and Politico are taking the Trump administration to court over US President Donald Trump's decision to ban them from the White House grounds.

Donald Trump also defended the US war with Iran and described the International Criminal Court as quote "evil."

Ministers and Indigenous leaders will meet this week for a child-safety roundtable following reports of alleged child neglect in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

And as Western Australia's longest serving chief scientist, Professor Peter Klinken became a fierce advocate for building the state's local manufacturing and sovereign capabilities.

A national authority to answer emergency calls in lieu of Telstra is one of the recommendations made by a senate inquiry into the triple zero emergency call crisis.

Is Australia prepared for the challenges in the decades ahead for the nation? The federal government has just released the latest Intergenerational Report which shows how an aging population is expected to reshape the economy in the next 40 years. The report predicts that for the first time, deaths will outpace births in Australia by the mid 2060s. As the number of tax-paying Australians potential...

According to the projections in the intergenerational report, more Australians will die than be born in 2066.

The IGR report predicts an older and bigger population and that the nation will be more indebted and have what increasingly appears to be a permanent budget deficit.

Cynthia Gebert says people need to know they have 'somewhere to turn to hold big techs to account.' 

Two of Australia's biggest banks - the Commonwealth Bank and ANZ - have updated their interest rate outlook for this year. 

Talks are set to ​focus on the Middle East conflict and the risks of artificial intelligence.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly called off planned US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen at the weekend.

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For more than 30 years, Uncle Don Rowlands has been the keeper of the Simpson Desert, as the ranger in charge of Munga-Thirri National Park in Central Australia.