Where have the kids gone? Brisbane’s shrinking suburbs revealed

Where have the kids gone? Brisbane’s shrinking suburbs revealed

As Brisbane’s population booms,something strange is happening in one pocket of the city – the number of residents is shrinking.

  • byMarissa Calligeros andWilliam Davis

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The parts of Sydney where one child in five lives in poverty

The parts of Sydney where one child in five lives in poverty

The NSW Council of Social Service says the benefits of reforms introduced by Bob Hawke in the 1980s are being eroded.

  • byJordan Baker
The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament

The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament

The Independent MP says the tax system punishes the next generation. She wants changes before she backs a new government.

  • byShane Wright
As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney,I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing
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City life

As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney,I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing

Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing,the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.

  • byMichael Koziol
Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children,families or taxpayers
Opinion
Childcare

Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children,families or taxpayers

It’s safe to say the cost of childcare may come in as a close second in deterring parents-to-be from starting a family.

  • byGeorgie Dent
The mortgage or the baby? Fertility dropping to record low

The mortgage or the baby? Fertility dropping to record low

Births have fallen to a 15-year low and skyrocketing property prices are being blamed. Now there are calls for new policies to help people have children.

  • byShane Wright
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WA’s economy officially the best of the best

WA’s economy officially the best of the best

WA led in three key categories,securing its position as the top state or territory for the quarter for the first time in a decade.

  • byHamish Hastie
Growing pains:In the week of Jacinta Allan’s housing policy,Victoria grew by about 3000 people. Is it too much?

Growing pains:In the week of Jacinta Allan’s housing policy,Victoria grew by about 3000 people. Is it too much?

Melbourne is speeding towards a megacity future of 10 million people. Is that what we want?

  • byChip Le Grand
In major U-turn,Canada to cut immigration,cop population decline

In major U-turn,Canada to cut immigration,cop population decline

Since his election in 2015,Justin Trudeau has planned to steadily increase immigration levels. The thinking was “Canada needs more people”. What has changed?

  • byAmanda Coletta
Why Albanese’s migration nightmare should frighten Dutton too

Why Albanese’s migration nightmare should frighten Dutton too

The government will miss its migration targets by a long way,but that puts huge pressure on the Coalition. How could it make drastic cuts without wrecking parts of the economy?

  • byDavid Crowe
Cook’s vision for the future:WA’s big regional towns are about to get bigger

Cook’s vision for the future:WA’s big regional towns are about to get bigger

WA Premier Roger Cook envisioned large regional centres like Bunbury,Port Hedland,Karratha,Albany and Geraldton could eventually develop into major regional hubs.

  • byHamish Hastie