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Unlike census questionnaires in the US, New Zealand and Canada, the Australian Census doesn’t include questions about “race” or “ethnicity” and asks instead about “ancestry”.

Over the decades, supportive parents of Australian students on the cusp of graduating from their undergraduate studies have occasionally been struck by a bewildering decision by their pride and joy. Instead of pursuing an appetising salary in a prestigious company, their student has instead decided to do the unthinkable: they’re…

Data shows rate continuing to trend downwards, but socioeconomic disadvantage linked with more preventable deaths

GDP figures show annual rate of growth in the Australian economy declined from 4.2% in December quarter to 3.3% in first three months of 2022

Australia's economic growth beat analyst forecasts over the first few months of the year, but there is evidence the benefits are being felt more by business owners than workers.

New treasurer says Labor is ‘not contemplating’ extending fuel excise cut or low and middle income tax offset

The tourism sector is preparing for a comeback. So, what is the state of play in the sector and what are the biggest challenges it will have to face?

The federal election is on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm local time; that means 6pm AEST in the eastern states, 6:30pm in SA and the NT and 8pm in WA. 124 of the 151 House of Representatives seats are in the eastern time zone, 12 combined in SA and the…

The labour force figures are the final piece of economic data before the federal election and will be welcomed by the Coalition