Population growth driven by immigration has helped power Australia to a record-breaking 28 straight years of economic expansion. Yet government warnings of an aging ‘time bomb’ have sparked alarm that ...

SYDNEY—Australia’s population grew 2.2% to 26.5 million people in the 12 months to the end of March, fanned by a surge in immigration led by returning university students following the lifting of ...

Australia has entered into an unofficial election campaign. Although an election doesn’t have to be held until May (it may be held sooner), political parties have started test driving new slogans, and ...

Key point: No country can keep growing and paying for its social services without a positive population pyramid. Population growth driven by immigration has helped power Australia to a record-breaking ...

Dr Allen is an elected member of The Australian National University Council. Liz is a member of the National Foundation of Australian Women Social Policy Committee. Population is far from the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's population will hit a record 25 million on Tuesday, almost a decade earlier than projected, as it attracts hundreds of thousands of migrants each year, latest government ...

Tom Wilson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards, and Pia Wohland do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Population and immigration were hot issues before the terrible Bondi attacks. It's time to take a deep breath and look at ...

The number of people in Australia declined in the September quarter last year, the first such occurrence since before 1916. Estimates released last week by the Australia Bureau of Statistics revealed ...

Similar to the demographic shifts experienced in the United States, Catholic numbers in Australia are being buoyed primarily by a surge in immigration. Here, the newcomers are from places like the ...