First Nations peoples are often undercounted in Australia’s Census – here’s why that is a problem

Australia’s Census has a complicated history with Indigenous peoples. One major issue is an ongoing undercount of First ...
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'A gift from the Australian people'

Other notable names to be appointed as a companion of the Order of Australia (AC) tonight include former premiers Kristina Keneally, Annastacia Palaszcuk and Steven Marshall, and former federal ...
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‘Save the Australian people’: Nationals Leader defends prolonged policy decisions

Nationals Leader David Littleproud defends the timeline for the Coalition to come up with a policy. “They’ve worked as quickly as they can. It’s got to be robust in terms of the principles that we are ...
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Question revealed for Australia’s first referendum in 24 years

Australians have learned the question they’ll be asked later this year in the country’s first referendum in 24 years, a vote deemed so significant that the Prime Minister paused to gather his emotions ...
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Poverty in Australia increases to 1 in 7 people, according to report

The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new report released today—at the start of Anti-Poverty Week. The report, from the Australian Council of ...
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Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn’t deliver

With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of ...

Mental illness is up in young people, dementia is now the biggest killer: Australia’s health in 2026

Australians’ life expectancy has increased steadily over time but dropped during the COVID pandemic, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The ...