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Australia's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low in 2024
- Last year the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Australia's national fertility rate fell to a record low of 1.481, deepening the nation's 'baby recession'.
- Research shows Australia's fertility decline stems from later parenthood, fewer children, and more childless people, with median maternal and paternal ages at 32.1 and 33.9 in 2024.
- Birth-Registration figures reveal Western Australia recorded 30,516 births in 2024, a 4.7 per cent fall, while national registered births reached 292,318.
- The Centre for Population's 2024 Population Statement projects that by the mid-2050s deaths will outnumber local births, and officials say low fertility means more skilled migrants will be needed.
- Earlier this year, the federal government committed to Medicare rebates for LGBTIQ+ couples and single people accessing assisted reproductive technology amid warnings of greater barriers for same-sex couples.
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What record low fertility rates mean for our economy & gold hits another record
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with McCrindle Social Researcher Ashley Fell about thegrowing trend for Australians to have fewer kids, and later in life; plus Luke Laretive from Seneca Financial Services looks through the day's sharemarket moves including what he is telling his clients.
·Sydney, Australia
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left7Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
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- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
R 27%
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