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Australians want more children than they have, so are we in the midst of a demographic crisis?

  • Written by: Leah Ruppanner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne
imageAustralian women are having two or fewer babies over their life-course.AAP/Robert McGrath

Australians want more children than they actually have, according to newly released data collected as part of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey.

Analysing data over 15 years, the study reports that by age 40, Australian men and...

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Pokies, sport and racing harm 41% of monthly gamblers: survey

  • Written by: Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageAbout 39.1% of Australians typically gamble on a monthly basis: most of them buy lottery products.AAP/Mick Tsikas

For the first time, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey has turned its attention to gambling, revealing that around 1.4 million Australians are directly harmed by the activity.

What did HILDA find?

Austral...

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Curious Kids: What's going to happen to the Sun in the future? Will it explode?

  • Written by: Jonti Horner, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
imageThe Sun is currently middle-aged, having celebrated its 4,568,000,000th birthday at some point in the last million years. Flickr/ChopWood CarryWater, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a new series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome –...

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Affordable housing shortfall leaves 1.3m households in need and rising – study

  • Written by: Steven Rowley, Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
imageAround one in seven Australia households either cannot get into housing at market rates or are struggling to pay the rent.ChameleonsEye from www.shutterstock.com

A new report by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) reveals, for the first time, the extent of housing need in Australia. An estimated 1.3 million households are in...

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  2. The Method gone bananas? How motion capture actors are embracing their inner ape
  3. 'Just do the weather': does it matter if TV weather presenters aren't experts?
  4. So many in the West are depressed because they're expected not to be
  5. Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
  6. Trump's Obamacare repeal attempt fails in US Senate
  7. Like a TARDIS in your head, memory helps you travel through time
  8. Workers are actually feeling less insecure in their jobs
  9. Security gets $1.2b, community programs to counter violent extremism $40m – that's a foolish imbalance
  10. The good news and bad news about the rare birds of Papua New Guinea
  11. Bottleshops affect people's health, so our laws need to reflect that
  12. Universities unveil plan to reduce sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus
  13. Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100
  14. A full ban on political donations would level the playing field – but is it the best approach?
  15. Why are there so few women screen composers?
  16. Universities have a problem with sexual assault and harassment: here's how to fix it
  17. Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it
  18. Three charts on: who is the typical investor in the Australian property market?
  19. Vanishing Australian backyards leave us vulnerable to the stresses of city life
  20. Planners know depressingly little about a city's impacts on our mental health
  21. Facebook is fighting social media identity theft in India, but it's a global problem
  22. Spilling blood in art, a tale of tampons, Trump and taboos
  23. How to know what you're getting when you buy free-range eggs
  24. Showdown on same-sex marriage looming within the Liberals
  25. New research highlights challenges of building networks for employees and entrepreneurs
  26. Les Murray's death deprives football in Australia of its most passionate and inspiring voice
  27. Explainer: how to extend your phone's battery life
  28. Australia leads the world in hepatitis C treatment – what's behind its success?
  29. We’ve got to stop meeting like this
  30. How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate
  31. Is there such a thing as a 'true self'?
  32. Cancer immunotherapy drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo hold hope for some, but there's still a way to go
  33. Downsizing cost trap awaits retirees – five reasons to be wary
  34. Snakebites are rarer than you think, but if you collapse, CPR can save your life
  35. Ice causes death in many ways, overdose is just one of them
  36. Who are you calling 'anti-science'? How science serves social and political agendas
  37. Loss, trials, and compassion: the music of Australia's Jewish refugees
  38. Discontents: identity, politics and institutions in a time of populism
  39. Pig-hunting dogs and humans are at risk of a disease that can cause miscarriages and infertility
  40. Government calls for release of costings as Labor unveils trusts crackdown
  41. The government is backing the wrong industries, as our economy changes: Productivity Commission
  42. Turnbull's chief-of-staff is the new defence head
  43. Shorten pledges republic vote in first term
  44. Here's an important reason the gender pay gap isn't closing
  45. A delightfully playful portrait, a historic moment for landscape painting
  46. Boris Johnson puts on the charm offensive to entice Australia into Britain's post-Brexit future
  47. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Matt Canavan and dual citizenship
  48. Everyone falls for fake emails: lessons from cybersecurity summer school
  49. Stroke survivors and their carers often have poor mental health. Here's how we can help them
  50. Speaking With: Cameron Murray on grey corruption and the 'Game of Mates'

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