The great Australian dream of home ownership is being realised by fewer young people than it was half a century ago. Data collected in the latest Census shows the home ownership rate of people aged 30 to 34-years-old sat at 50 per cent in 2021, a...
The federal government will extend the life of the so-called gas trigger until January 2030 as it seeks to shore up supply for the domestic market following the release of a “damning” report. Following the regulations being put in place to extend the Australian Domestic Gas...
It’s hoped Fraser Island will follow the lead of Uluru and only be known by it’s Indigenous name, as the Queensland government flags an official name change. The proposal will take a step forward this week as two months of public consultation begin, Resources Minister Scott...
Laws responding to the recommendations from the aged care royal commission have become the first to pass federal parliament under the new Labor government. The legislation amends the aged care subsidy funding model and introduces new reporting and transparency requirements. It responds to 17 recommendations of the...
A newly discovered 401-metre cave measuring the equivalent of three Sydney Harbour Bridges has set a record as the deepest in Australia. An elite team of cavers from the Southern Tasmanian Caverneers discovered the cave – which has been named Delta Variant – on Saturday, after...
There are positive signs for Australia’s vehicle industry with sales in July rising marginally despite continued supply constraints. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says 84,461 vehicles were sold last month, a rise of 0.4 per cent on the same month last year. But that left demand...