From the shire with the most campervans to the community where women give birth at four times the ...
Australia's 18 to 29-year-olds are so busy their physical and mental health suffers but, ...
The International Monetary Fund has warned that widening income inequality is the "defining ...
House prices may be soaring in Sydney and Melbourne but Australia looks tame compared to these ...
A report has tackled a rarely discussed financial inequality.
Every city needs nurses, yet nurses are priced out of 95 per cent of Sydney.
None of the five Sydney suburbs where a full-time worker on the minimum wage can afford to rent a ...
It turns out Tony Abbott isn't the only one who's out of touch when it comes to understanding ...
Interactive: Stop worrying about the deficit. We're one of the only nations with a perfect credit ...
The people of Point Piper enjoy an average income five times that of those in Auburn, as the gap ...
They haven't even celebrated their 30th birthdays yet, but Generation Y is already marred by a ...
When it comes to illicit drug use, Australians are world leaders. But exactly who is using which ...
The Darling Downs region in Queensland's south-east is known for producing exquisitely marbled ...
This simple chart suggests why Australians may need to start asking tough questions about our ...
Living solo and loving it, or alone and down on your luck? It might depend on whether you're a man ...
It is potentially one of the most costly battles the Labor Party has lost.
The Germanwings flight that plunged into the Alps from 38,000 feet has sparked a natural reaction ...
The medicare co-payment, or some variation thereof, is reportedly back on the table.
Chinese investors have bought prominent properties near Bendigo in the latest purchase to raise ...
The gender pay gap has hit a 20-year high, with women in one industry earning the same amount their ...
Be careful this afternoon - the deadliest time to be on NSW roads in the past 15 years was on a ...
Patricia Arquette struck a nerve with her call for equal pay for women, then struck a raw one with ...
With so much data at our fingertips, are we any closer to finding an algorithm for love?
Tony Abbott isn't happy about the latest report from the Australian Human Rights Commission. He ...
In the latest attempt to grasp the scale of the marine pollution crisis, researchers estimate ...
Hurstville, 16 kilometres west of Sydney's CBD, occupies a unique spot on our demographic map.
Welcome home, Peter Greste. For 400 days, we watched your parents, concerned but dignified, and ...
Political donations to the major parties quadrupled in 2013/14, encompassing the lead-up to the ...
You are 37, and a woman. You have a son and a daughter, aged six and nine. You live in a ...
One third of Australians arrested abroad for capital crimes in the past 30 years received the death ...
Universities say business and health degrees were the most popular this year, with strong growth in ...
Is ti nature of nurture that leads to academic achievement? The debate is far from over.
Students of east and south-east Asian background were the top-performing group in 10 of the 13 most ...
Modern newlyweds are now well into their 30s and marriage still offers something powerful a new ...
Australians take pride in being a competitive nation. We relish our world-leading position in many ...
Mez Gallifuoco has hips that measure 102cm, like the average Australian woman according to the ...
A gargantuan effort by the CSIRO to map the condition of Australia's soil is unique in the world.
It's killed more people than SARS or bird flu, and has one of the highest mortality rates in ...
World War 1, by some measures the deadliest of all conflicts, is still as relevant today 100 years ...
The average person in remote western NSW can expect to live a shorter life than someone in North ...
Deaths in prison, police or immigration custody are at their highest level in a decade and a half, ...
Sorry, Phar Lap. You're stuffed in Melbourne, and you wouldn't be a safe bet for this year's Cup.
Australia’s ecological footprint is the 13th-largest in the world - and is likely to get ...
The Australian government's investment in research and development has dropped to its lowest level ...
The Australian public, not individuals, gains most from higher education but students shoulder most ...
Australia has fallen sharply in international green economy rankings, coming last out of 60 ...
Enrolments in tertiary information technology courses have been falling, as local female students ...
Those familiar with this country's dismal record of deaths in custody will not be surprised by the ...
Country towns in northern NSW are in the midst of a ''tsunami'' of crime.
The expense of alcohol is driving Australia's high rates of illicit drug use, health experts say, ...
Parramatta or Paddington? New data from the Domain Group charts the city's best and worst ...
Celebrated chef Guillaume Brahimi is set to open a new fine dining restaurant, as new figures show ...
We dig into the much-criticised benefit.
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has exceeded 50 ...
Dating and romance-related fraud netted $25.2 million last year.
The government has bagged an unprecedented $360 million from household bank accounts since a ...
Female librarians and women working with the disabled, take a bow. Since 2001, you have received ...
Termination of schools funding under the Gonski model after four years will deliver an ...
A prison sentence - even after it has been served - can be a death sentence.
The way Jerry Williams tells the story he was just mucking around with friends when some kids said ...
The average number of days in detention has risen every month for the past eight months.
International drug cartels are increasingly targeting the Australian market due to a rise in demand ...
Sam Taylor's children were just 6 and 14 when she was asked to make a choice no woman ever wants to ...
Australians are in denial about their alcohol use, tens of thousands are potentially drinking at ...
Rodents, bugs, filth and expired food have caused nearly 300 supermarkets, greengrocers and delis ...
Drought kicked Cameron Rowntree in the gut this week. Spurred by the costs of feeding his cattle, ...
Countries that rely strongly on private insurance to fund healthcare have more expensive health ...
Among taxpayers who claim a deduction for their generosity, the proportion of money given away by ...
Three-quarters of women killed in NSW die at the hands of loved ones, a statistic that has led the ...
Billions of taxpayers' dollars could be saved from the public health budget without reducing levels ...
Public transport fare evaders cost NSW about $120 million a year, according to the first detailed ...
Extreme sports have paved the way for Australia's hopes in the Winter Olympics.
The Coalition appears to be vastly better off than Labor, with the Liberals and Nationals making ...
It is the only club in Sydney where Point Piper residents rub shoulders with the nouveau-riche of ...
Australians love steak, but our aversion to the bits left behind has made us one of the biggest ...
Parents with children in NSW selective schools pay voluntary fees on average five times the amount ...
Higher prices for alcohol will do little to curb high-intensity drinking because binge drinkers ...
Steroids have become the drug of choice for people who start injecting illicit substances, ...
It has Taronga Zoo, Balmoral Beach and a higher annual income than several African nations. ...
Karen Di Stefano does not see her homosexuality as anything out of the ordinary. ''It doesn't ...
With premiums steadily rising, many people are cutting back their healthcare cover, writes Rachel ...
Almost half of donations to some popular charities are spent on fund-raising, prompting calls for ...
Looking at trends in this year's HSC results, one could be forgiven for thinking the results were ...
Almost 55,000 of the state's school leavers will find out their ATAR on Thursday. But it is ...
One year after the Sandy Hook massacre, America is still fiercely divided over its gun laws.
The story of Holden and its demise needs to be viewed through a global lens if it's to be fully ...
Australia has again become a focus of the increasingly bitter debate over gun control in the United ...
Many of the world's most mathematically gifted teenagers come from countries with the most ...
Sitting through lectures and tutorials may be worth more than you think: the wellbeing value of a ...
Indigenous health has not improved at all in many areas of Australia over the past decade, data ...
The man accused of murdering his fiancee by throwing her off the balcony of their Hyde Park ...
It is the "baffling contrast" in gender equality in Australia: girls generally outperform boys at ...
Statistics charting progress across Australian election years tell an interesting story, writes ...
We've never been more preoccupied with what, where and how to eat, so why are we fatter than ever ...