Photo: stock The retention rate for high school students staying on to Year 12 has risen for the first time since 2017, says the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). And non-public schools recorded a 25.1 percent rise in enrolment numbers over a five-year period as public enrolments almost flatlined (1 per cent). The years 7/8…
Photo: stock A silver tsunami is on its way and the country’s housing and health care systems are not up to the challenge, says the Retirement Living Council. The council says new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows that Australia’s mean age rose every year for 20 years and will surpass 40 years for…
Picture: stock AN extra 36,000 jobs in November lowered the unemployment rate to 3.9 per cent as well as wide expectations of a February interest rate cut. David Taylor, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ head of labour statistics said that the number of unemployed that month fell by 27,000 people. “In November we saw a…