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  • In January 2016, 30.5 per cent of federal parliamentarians were women. There is a higher proportion of women in the Senate (38 per cent) than in the House of Representatives (27 per cent).
  • The proportion of Australians who were born overseas has hit its highest point in over 120 years, with 28 per cent of Australia's population born outside the country.
  • In 2015, There were 4.3 million Australians with disability — that’s nearly one in five people (18.3% of the total population). After removing the effects of different age structures, the age standardised disability rate for all people was 17.0%.

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Posted August 09, 2013 11:45:43 | Updated August 22, 2013 10:18:29

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