Parenting loses its appeal for new generations
The global fertility rate has dropped below population “replacement level” and the average age for women to give birth has edged above 30.
The trend has been linked
Read more2 July 2024
Confusing options stifling consumer recycling
Consumers are being stifled in their desire to recycle by confusing options and inadequate information on what can be recycled.
Dr Bhavna Middha, from the RMIT Centre
Read more2 July 2024
Nurse-led clinic for Brisbane CBD
Queensland’s first nurse-led health clinic will open in the Brisbane CBD in September.
Premier Steve Miles said the Adelaide St clinic would be the first of four to
Read more2 July 2024
First step on path to 1.2 million homes
A five-year journey to build 1.2 million new homes through a $32 billion national program begins today.
The National Housing Accord, agreed to by all Federal, State and
Read more2 July 2024
New PBS listings to save patients thousands
Australians with leukaemia, early breast cancer and types of lupus and insomnia will now have access to new and expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical
Read more1 July 2024
Bond to lead new energy board
A Queensland engineer who helped shape some of the nation’s largest energy projects is the chair of a new board which will advise on the state’s transition to
Read more1 July 2024
Working holiday visas on the rise again
Young people on working holiday visas are returning to Australia en masse after numbers dwindled dramatically during the pandemic.
An OECD report on regional migration
Read more1 July 2024
Why we need to stop talking about work-life balance
By Shane Rodgers
For decades we have talked about work-life balance and the difficulties achieving that in a complex world.
The old notions of a rigid 9-5 day have
Read more1 July 2024
Commodity prices to fall after invasion spike
Commodity prices have normalised, following a spike brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leading to a predicted drop in Australia’s resources and energy
Read more1 July 2024
Antarctic ‘slush’ could mean higher sea level rises
Scientists have discovered that high levels of “slush” sitting on Antarctica’s ice shelves could mean sea level rises from climate change have been
Read more1 July 2024