Households have undoubtedly felt the effects of higher interest rates and rising living costs, but the Reserve Bank’s loan-level data show that mortgage arrears remain low.
Helping households switch to new systems with much cheaper running costs would act as a powerful lever for energy affordability and equity, while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
Both language and ecosystems mirror each other. The collapse of nature and the erosion of languages are not parallel crises but deeply intertwined ones. Protecting one often strengthens the chances of the other. As scope and revival possibilities exist in new technology like AI and other ways, revival of linguistic diversity and biodiversity becomes obvious.
Participants noted that AI is already transforming public administration, healthcare, education, agriculture, cybersecurity, business and workforce management.
In May 2026, the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, in collaboration with YouGov, polled more than 1,000 Australians on their views of the US.
Fiji's Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources, Filimoni Vosarogo, led a delegation on an Australian Government-supported ministerial visit to Brisbane and Canberra from 14 to 18 September.