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Australia's life expectancy is now ranked third in the world. The new data takes into account the first two years of COVID, but 2022, the deadliest year of the pandemic, is yet to be counted.

Bertram Law has become Bertram Fairbanks after Andy Fairbanks joins the company as an investor and co-director.

The latest consumer price index figures are set to be released after the federal budget is handed down on Tuesday.

More than 65 per cent of Boomers owned their own homes when they were aged 25-39, compared to just 54 per cent of Millennials now.

The Spice Girls generation may be better educated, but it hasn’t helped them gain economic security

Unemployment has come in at 3.5% for the second month in a row. That’s good news for economic growth – if people have jobs, they’re more likely to spend

Revelation that ABS fended off attacks in 2021 comes as Australia reels from ransomware attacks on Medibank and Optus

Australia’s death rate from alcohol was at a 10-year high last year, ABS data shows, and more than 1.5 million homes and businesses will get full-fibre NBN access by 2025. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this column mentions deceased persons.)

Health experts point to late-stage liver disease, neurodegenerative diseases and heart failure as conditions that can be caused by long-term drinking