With an ageing population and a record low fertility rate, Australia faces a huge demographic challenge. How did we get to this point, and what might help?

The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new report released today—at the start of Anti-Poverty Week. The report, from the Australian Council of ...

How we think and feel about science develops from an early age—and we never know where that early interest might take us. Take Hannah. As a young child, she was fascinated by the way a glass prism can ...

The anthem has become part of a conversation about Australia's relationship with its Indigenous citizens. www.davidmolloyphotography.com via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 People have lived in Australia for ...

In early 20th century Australia, Indigenous people were denied citizenship and the nation had a racially exclusive immigration policy. Most people not only accepted the “White Australia” policy but ...

“Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause. It’s Australia’s national day, but the crowd in central Sydney ...

Within 24 hours of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the first cracks were forming in a carefully choreographed Australian response to the passing of its Head of State. During a televised match between ...