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Tasmania's youths are less likely to commit a crime today than they were in 2008, official figures show.
Topics: crime, police, youth, population-and-demographics, hobart-7000, tas
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Chinese theatre director Wang Chong is tackling China's one-child policy head on in a new play to premiere in Australia, in which he claims the population has been "brainwashed" into thinking having an only child is still best for the country.
Topics: theatre, arts-and-entertainment, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, family-and-children, australia, china
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Britain's rich linguistic tapestry is changing, with the south-east region's dialect taking over the country due to forces similar to those which affected colonial Australia.
Topics: human-interest, people, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedVictoria Police scraps its stop-and-search receipting program but the controversial idea of race data collection remains on the table as the force mulls over whether it would provide transparency or create more harm.
Topics: police, crime, discrimination, community-and-society, race-relations, population-and-demographics, melbourne-3000, vic
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Over 44 years the Unity Hall Jazz Band has played for a range of audiences at the same Sydney venue. But while the crowds have changed, the music has not.
Topics: jazz, population-and-demographics, lifestyle-and-leisure, balmain-2041, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory has the lowest population growth in Australia, new statistics show, with a net population increase of just several hundred people in 2015–16.
Topics: population-and-demographics, nt
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| UpdatedComputer giant IBM will pay more than $30 million in compensation for its role in the bungled census, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull indicates.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, government-and-politics, federal-government, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Bureau of Statistics says this year's trouble-plagued census could cost an extra $30 million, but so far no-one has been fined for failing to participate.
Topics: population-and-demographics, government-and-politics, community-and-society, information-and-communication, information-technology, australia
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A palm-sized robot dubbed Kirobo Mini is unveiled in Japan, designed to be a companion for the growing number of women left childless by the country's aging population crisis.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, population-and-demographics, japan, asia
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| UpdatedConcerns are raised about IBM's ability to meet the demands of merging the Customs and Immigration computer systems. An IT failure could have serious national security implications as the mainframe will manage Australia's border controls, including red flagging terror suspects.
Topics: computers-and-technology, public-sector, government-and-politics, federal-government, population-and-demographics, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Bureau of Statistics targets service provider IBM in its submission to a Senate inquiry into the handling of the botched census.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedAbout 95 per cent of households have completed the census ahead of Friday's deadline, the national survey's program manager Duncan Young says, adding the ABS will have a "high-quality" result despite the website's collapse.
Topics: information-and-communication, computers-and-technology, government-and-politics, population-and-demographics, australia
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People on the street are asked for their views on the census.
Topics: population-and-demographics, australia
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With Sydney's population projected to reach 6.4 million by 2036, opinion is split over whether the city should look to Barcelona as a model for urban density.
Topics: population-and-demographics, urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, human-interest, housing, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe naming of Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in the top 10 liveable cities sparks questions over how they could best Paris, London and New York, but there may be a simple explanation — they are not that big.
Topics: community-and-society, population-and-demographics, urban-development-and-planning, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia, perth-6000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe census website is back up and running, but only for people using Australian-based servers as the Government attempts to ward off repeated cyber attacks.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, information-and-communication, community-and-society, population-and-demographics, hacking, australia
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Chief Statistician David Kalisch holds a press conference to update on the online census form.
Topics: population-and-demographics, government-and-politics, federal-government, computers-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull unloads on the Australian Bureau of Statistics over its handling of the botched census, as the website goes back online almost two days after it was disabled by a cyber attack.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, computers-and-technology, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedAt least seven senators face being fined after vowing not to provide their names on their census forms because of concerns about privacy.
Topics: federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, greens, australia
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| UpdatedFor the first time ever, Norfolk Islanders will be counted in the Australian census.
Topics: population-and-demographics, pacific, norfolk-island-2899, norfolk-island
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| UpdatedLiberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne criticises politicians like Nick Xenophon for refusing to put their names and addresses on their census forms, accusing them of indulging in "tinfoil hat" politics.
Topics: federal-government, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, greens, australia, wa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Senator Nick Xenophon says he will not be putting his name on his census details, and is prepared to challenge any fines he incurs as a result.
Topics: federal-parliament, government-and-politics, population-and-demographics, information-and-communication, australia
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Homeless organisations prepare to send teams out to make sure those at the edge of society are included in next week's census.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, population-and-demographics, government-and-politics, information-and-communication, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTopics: homelessness, community-and-society, population-and-demographics, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedEver wondered what happens to your census data? Find out where your personal information goes once it's handed over to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Topics: community-and-society, information-and-communication, information-technology, population-and-demographics, government-and-politics, australia