Extreme heat events pose a risk to the health of all individuals, especially the elderly and the chronically ill, and are associated with an increased demand for healthcare services. In order to address this problem, policy makers need information about temperatures above which mortality and morbidity of the exposed population is likely to increase, where...

This report analyses the way residents of Australia’s seven capital cities (the six state capitals plus Canberra) have travelled to work over the last 35 years. It uses data from the census, which has included a question on the mode of transport used to travel to work since 1976.

This report is third in a series of annual Australian Government publications bringing together current data to show how our major cities are evolving and to strengthen the knowledge base on which urban policy can be developed. The purpose of State of Australian Cities 2012 is to inform policy and investment decisions that affect our...

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 statistics report shows the rate of homelessness within Australia, for the time period up until November 2012.