Tag: fertility rate
Brrrr! Is Australia entering a demographic winter?
The last time Australia produced enough babies to guarantee the population would replace itself was 50 years ago. Now, year by year, Australia’s fertility rate is dropping. When will it stop?
We need to talk about “unplanned childlessness”
Our culture warns kids about unplanned pregnancies, but are we honest about the risk of delaying fertility? While a couple’s decisions and circumstances should be respected, having kids isn’t as simple as we wish, write Francine and Byron Pirola.
