Australia has more than a million single-parent families.Data from the 2021 census released on Tuesday shows 15.
A growing number of Australians are identifying as Indigenous, including an increasing number of older people who are for the first time confirming their cultural origins.Census data revealed on Tuesday that there are 812,728 people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Australia.
Move over baby boomers, Australia's millennial generation is becoming the nation's largest.A swag of new data released on Tuesday from the latest census shows both demographic groups comprise 5.
Former Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu has been shot several times in a car park in Sydney's inner west and remains in a critical condition in hospital.Police are appealing for information on the shooting at Rhodes after emergency services were called to the scene at about 6.
'Whoever owns this property is greedy and despicable,' one person said of the unusual apartment listing.
Aldi confirmed to Yahoo in the unlikely event a customer was to buy the item, they would be eligible for a full refund.
A group of dedicated exhibitionists are doing their bit to help Ukraine, and insist they're not sex workers.
Western Australia's favourable GST return has been highlighted as the state secured a AAA credit rating for the first time in almost a decade.Ratings agency S&P; Global says the upgrade from AA+ reflects WA's "continued budgetary outperformance" compared with other jurisdictions.
A group of anti-vaxxers who sued the Commonwealth, Victorian, NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory, WA and Tasmanian governments over lockdown and vaccine mandates have had their case struck out by the Federal Court.On Monday, Justice Debra Mortimer found the litigation was an abuse of process and had no reasonable prospects of success.
A Northern Territory policeman's behaviour before he allegedly raped a shy and awkward teenager with few friends was almost textbook grooming, a court has been told.Senior Sergeant Patrick Carson, 39, has pleaded not guilty to raping the woman, then 19, twice in Darwin during 2020 after meeting her at a sports group.
Energy regulators have been told to junk "overly complicated" proposals on transmission access and adjust to the new federal government's $20 billion plan for the electricity grid.Australia's largest generator and emitter AGL says Labor's Rewiring the Nation policy will alleviate many of the short-term issues previously identified by regulators.
A mother has issued a warning to parents after the Mirabella baby monitor her son bought from Kmart was hacked. Find out how they reacted to the frightening find.
At least 26 American states are expected to ban abortion in the coming weeks, or severely limit access, with 13 acting immediately. Find out more.
In one of several shocking discoveries a roo was found dead tied to a fence with nylon cord and submerged in a body of water. Find out more.
A man shot by police in Melbourne's north had confronted detectives while armed with a screwdriver after a chase, Victoria Police says.Police fired multiple shots at the 64-year-old man in Coburg North at 4.
A Sydney chiropractor has been jailed for at least five years and six months for repeatedly sexually assaulting a Japanese patient who sought treatment for her lower back and groin pain.Riaz Behi, 47, was convicted by a jury at his second trial of 13 charges including aggravated sexual touching and aggravated sexual assault of a person under his authority.
Shoppers are offering their opinions on customer reviews after a scathing note was spotted on the shelves at a Sydney Woolies.
Australia's sense of order and its values of democracy must be defended, Anthony Albanese has declared.The prime minister visited Australian troops serving in the Middle East ahead of his week-long European trip, which includes the NATO Summit in Spain before travelling to Paris.
NSW train commuters will likely see disruptions all week, with services cut by as much as 75 per cent. Find out why.
A man has suffered an injury at a Brisbane courthouse, delaying his sentencing for a string of offences including manslaughter after a father of three was fatally shot.An ambulance was called to Brisbane's Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law on Monday after Clayton David Backman suffered an injury in his holding area.
Almost half a billion dollars will go to the publicly-owned corporation rolling out Australia's NBN to better connect rural and regional areas.The $480 million for NBN Co will permit increased data allowances and products for about 300,000 premises in the coming weeks, with further upgrades to follow.
NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole questioned whether his predecessor John Barilaro was the best candidate for a cushy taxpayer-funded role in New York City.Mr Toole told reporters on Monday he asked if Mr Barilaro was the "best person" for the $500,000 a year trade role.
A Melbourne doctor who posted a series of gruesome images and confidential patient information online has had his registration cancelled after blaming his actions on autism.Christopher Kwan Chen Lee made a series of "outrageous" posts to an online forum in early 2016, then again between May 2018 and April 2019.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians will be better off in retirement when the superannuation income threshold payment is dropped on July 1.The axing of the $450 threshold means employees aged 18 and over will have to be paid super, regardless of how much they earn.
Queensland's premier has moved to tighten lobbying rules ahead of a key report being released into her own government's integrity.Professor Peter Coaldrake is due to hand down his final report into government accountability and integrity on Tuesday.