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You need me to have a third child. Here’s how you can convince me
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (544+ words) October 7, 2026 — 5:00am You may have heard that Australia’s birth rate has hit a new low of 1.48. That’s almost one and a half babies per woman, when we need just over two to stop our population from going backwards. I’ve tried valiantly…...
Dear young people
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (471+ words) and not-so-young people who are camping in the squares or who sympathize with those camping there to demand a right that is being denied to you, the right to have a roof over your heads: I would like to tell…...
Fewer than half of young Americans are ‘thriving,’ poll shows
2+ day, 10+ min ago (74+ words) The Washington Post Meanwhile, life ratings among Americans 65 and older have improved. Young Americans rate their lives far less positively than they once did, amid growing financial pressures and rising rates of depression and loneliness. Just 44 percent of adults ages…...
Who pays does not command (always)
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (534+ words) On September 7th, the workers of the Eiffel Tower went on strike and the most iconic monument in Paris was closed all day. Two days earlier, a delegation from an ultra-conservative Hindu group had requested to visit the Tower without any…...
Queensland spent $1.7m on just three foster carers
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (541+ words) October 2, 2026 — 3:32pm A Queensland program designed to create full-time professional foster carers and take the most at-risk children out of residential care homes has only managed to employ three people in five months at a cost of $1.7 million. The government announced…...
An ageing world | Editorial Comment
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (156+ words) An ageing world Business Standard A new global demographics report by Moodyâs Ratings underscores an ongoing structural shift More than 70 per cent of the global population now lives in countries with fertility at or below the replacement rate The…...
Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: 'Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is...' - A provocative take on love, friendships and relationships between genders by the iconic Irish writer
1+ week, 4+ day ago (466+ words) Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: 'Between men and women there is no friendship possible....
If humans are the problem, can humans be the solution?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (482+ words) September 27, 2026 — 5:30am Noted human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson proposed in this masthead last week that, given widespread agreement that the United Nations should replace its New York headquarters with one in the global south, Melbourne would be a good candidate. Robertson…...
We don’t need more babies – and not just because we have migrants
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1154+ words) September 25, 2026 — 5:00am The worry around falling fertility makes sense … sort of. Deaths in Australia are projected to outnumber births by the 2060s: the first time such a turning point has been forecast in the government’s intergenerational report (a document which has been…...
Queer rights in global retreat
1+ week, 5+ day ago (554+ words) In a trailer for the new British television drama Tip Toe, one gay man reflects: “I used to walk into a room and just go, Ta-da! Now I tiptoe – just in case.” It’s a portrayal of the depressingly common recognition…...