Bureau of Statistics

An advertisement for a room in a share house has been pulled from Gumtree after it offered free board “in exchange for sex”. The property listing in Claremont in Tasmania was advertised as a room that was only available for women to rent…

The number of people set to call Australia home is about to soar, with new government forecasts predicting the nation’s population will jump by 900,000 people by the end of June, 2025.In addition to the thousands of births that will occur,…

Jim Chalmers says it “remains to be seen” by how much more the Reserve Bank of Australia tightens interest rates.The central bank on Tuesday lifted the cash rate by 0.25 to 2.6 per cent, its highest level since 2013 and a sixth consecutive…