This paper provides a contemporary overview of the changing size and composition of Australia's Indigenous population. The paper is structured around six key demographic and geographic features of the Indigenous population: Age structure: The Indigenous population is relatively young; Population change: The Indigenous population is increasing at a much faster rate than the non-Indigenous population...

The ageing of the Australian population presents numerous opportunities and it is important to understand how senior Australians view different aspects of their own lives, as well as life in Australia more generally. A summary index is a valuable means of understanding the sentiment of mature age people, and it can be tracked across time...

This paper provides information on the level and type of unpaid care work undertaken by Indigenous Australians. The care economy includes activities such as providing unpaid child care; unpaid assistance for someone with a disability, a long-term illness, or problems related to old age; undertaking domestic work; and volunteering. Information on the level and type...

Australia21 used a recent visit to Canberra by futurists, Professor Jorgen Randers and Paul Gilding to bring together 14 Australian experts to discuss this issue with them. Randers, one of the authors of the 1972 Club of Rome “Limits to Growth” report, in his recent book, “2052” has concluded that humanity has a 40 year...

This is the council’s fourth annual report on the performance of governments under the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development. Under the agreement, the Commonwealth and each State and Territory has committed to increasing the skill levels of all Australians. The 2011 report shows that the skill levels of the Australian workforce are increasing...