“The latest research by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the fertility rate was 1.48 babies per woman in 2024, down from 2023 figures.”
“Housing affordability, economic security, gender inequality and climate change were the four big things that were not being earnestly tackled by government, Dr Allen said.”
No shit.
They went so far down the wage slave route that we can’t even afford to produce more children/wage slaves. It really is a mental illness amount of greed and we have to start treating it that way.
Agreed that 80% of voters have something wrong in the head but here we are.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/un-expert-human-rights-climate-crisis-economy