Most Australians agree there’s a housing crisis. But they differ on what’s causing it – and how to fix it

New research shows older voters believe immigration is crunching housing supply, while young voters blame high interest rates ...

Rethinking Australia’s Origins: When Did the First Humans Really Arrive?

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...
SBS

More than a million Australians could be living with dementia in 40 years. These are possible risk factors

Over one million Australians will be living with dementia in 40 years — more than double the current number — according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The ...

The government wants more of us living in high rises. Here’s why Australians don’t want to

Governments have been pushing the construction of apartment towers for years to help housing affordability and availability, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Teen living with fragile X syndrome embarks on national tour of every ABC bureau

Hayden Eastbury from Newcastle, NSW, has embarked on an Australia-wide trip to visit every ABC bureau across the country. The 17-year-old lives with the genetic condition fragile X syndrome. His ...
Daily Mail

It was the rape scandal that rocked Sydney's elite private school society - but now it has taken an EVEN darker twist

A businessman found guilty of raping a female acquaintance on a Greek holiday organised by families linked to a top Sydney private school is living in Australia while appealing his conviction.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia and Papua New Guinea sign landmark alliance vowing to defend each other in conflict

Australia and Papua New Guinea have vowed to defend each other if either comes under attack in a landmark defence treaty. It is Australia's first new alliance in more than 70 years. Papua New Guinea ...
BBC

Australia signs key defence deal with Papua New Guinea

Watch: We told China that Australia is our 'partner of choice', says Papua New Guinea PM Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea's (PNG) military facilities and troops under a key deal that ...
BBC

Man with terminal cancer running length of India

A 32-year-old man living with a rare form of terminal brain cancer said he was determined to become the first person to run the entire length of India within 80 days. Jack Faint, originally from ...
macrobusiness.com.au

NZ warns that Australia’s backdoor is open

Under a series of treaties signed by the Australian and New Zealand governments, New Zealand citizens have the right to move to Australia and live there indefinitely under the Special Category Visa ...
Sky News Australia

'Perks without the paperwork': Surge in temporary and permanent migration cheapens what it means to be Australian

For decades, the answer has been deliberately fuzzy. Governments have blurred the line between the two in the name of "inclusivity", giving permanent residents most of the rights of citizenship with ...
Couriermail

‘Disgusting’: US woman breaks down in tears after being confronted with the reality of Sydney’s rental crisis

A routine rental inspection in Sydney has left a 25-year-old woman in tears and calling it a “disgusting” reality. Allana Renee, 25, works in digital sales and is originally from America but has been ...