Census 2016: Life in Australia's oldest and youngest towns

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There are no hills in Tea Gardens, barely a single two-storey house and only 67 babies.

Australia falls behind Cameroon, Burkina Faso on tax

Australia is set to become the world's largest exporter of gas but its level of resource tax transparency falls behind Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mongolia, a new global report has found, as the country forfeits billions of dollars in tax to multinational mining giants.

Warning of 'significant damage' to Australian economy if PRRT is replaced

The author of a landmark report into Australia's petroleum tax regime has warned replacing the existing tax would have damaging consequences despite claims Australia is missing out on billions of dollars in tax from multinational gas exporters.

'It's a national disgrace': Federal government slammed on gas tax

The federal government has been accused of abandoning tax reform of the $200 billion gas export industry after it failed to consider replacing a regime that allowed some multinationals to never pay a cent in tax for the Australian resources they extract.

Universities attack government funding cuts after Gonski 2.0 delivers schools boon

The university sector has attacked the government for pushing through the biggest set of school funding reforms in a generation while slashing funding to their institutions and hiking student fees.

Australia, look how much you’ve changed in 50 in years

Compared with the country described in the 1966 census we're more Asian, less Christian and more openly gay.

More than 1600 people a week: Census reveals how we have grown

Melbourne is set to overtake Sydney as Australia's most populated city, for the first time in history the majority of Australians born overseas are from Asia not Europe and there has been a 39 per cent surge in the number of people declaring themselves in a same-sex relationship.

MPs' overseas travel bill slashed amid expenses crackdown

Federal politicians have slashed their overseas travel bill by half.

Turnbull government push for whistleblower compensation

The Turnbull government is considering a bounty style reward worth millions of dollars for those who blow the whistle on corruption or unethical behaviour at the hands of multi-billion dollar corporations.