Tucker Carlson has weighed in on Australia’s housing crisis, pointing the finger squarely at immigration as the “one reason” and questioning “how does anybody live here” on an average income. The former Fox News host, currently on a speaking tour of Australia as a guest of billionaire Clive Palmer, toldContinue Reading
Booming migration numbers accounted for 84 per cent of Australia’s population growth in 2023, according to the the latest figures from the ABS, pushing the total population to nearly 27 million. Net overseas migration was 547,300 in 2023, with 751,000 arrivals and 204,200 departures. The 27 million figure marks aContinue Reading
A Big Australia is all but locked in, with the latest population forecast revealing up to 46 million people could call Australia home by 2071. The stark figure, which represents a 77 per cent gain in population in the space of 48 years, is the top end of the AustralianContinue Reading
Hong Kong will pay new parents more than $4000 for having a baby as the city’s birthrate plummets. Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced the new initiative during his annual policy address on Wednesday, saying there will be a new handout of HK$20,000 (A$4058) to the parents ofContinue Reading
A workplace expert has called for Australia to fall in line with its overseas counterparts and increase annual leave from four weeks to six. Workers haven’t seen any increases to annual leave since the mid-1970s Whitlam era when unions successfully pushed for an increase from three to four weeks leave.Continue Reading
The number of babies born in NSW public hospitals has dropped to their lowest levels in more than a decade, new data can reveal. According to the Bureau of Health Information, just 15,868 babies were born in public maternity wards between January and March 2023, the lowest of any quarterContinue Reading
The debate over which generation has the strongest work ethic is finally over with new data revealing Millennials and Generation Z are lazier when it comes to their jobs than their Gen X and Boomer counterparts. Blended working habits and a lower than usual unemployment rate has contributed to youngerContinue Reading
Retiring ahead of the pension age may seem like wishful thinking, but a long-term investor has delivered a glimmer of hope for those prepared to get finance-savvy. In light of new modelling suggesting the country’s pension age should increase to 70 years by 2050, Millennials have grown increasingly concerned aboutContinue Reading
Working Australians have lashed out at new modelling suggesting the country’s pension age should increase to 70 years by 2050. Low birth rates and an ageing population are to blame for the need to increase the age of retirement, according to research by Macquarie University’s Business school. Currently, senior AustraliansContinue Reading
China’s “social credit score” system has taken a dark new twist. What you do, drink, buy and say could now determine whom you are allowed to date. The Chinese Communist Party commissars of Jinan city in Shandong province are pulling everything they know about the 650,000 citizens under their controlContinue Reading