MEDIA RELEASE 30 August 2013 Embargo: 11.30 am (Canberra Time) 154/2013 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populationnearing 700,000 Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has reached 669,900(or 3 per cent of the total population), according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.The Director of Demographyat the ABS, Bjorn Jarvis, said Continue Reading →
FEATURE ARTICLE: RECASTING 20 YEARS OF AUSTRALIA’S SUB-STATE POPULATION ESTIMATES RECASTING This release of Regional Population Growth contains revised historical estimated resident population (ERP) for 30 June 1991 to 30 June 2010. This revision process is referred to as ‘recasting’ the data, and the scale of this change is unprecedented in the history of Australia’s Continue Reading →
Cost of caring for Hong Kong’s elderly to rise by billions Previous estimates of health bill for ageing population ‘too low’, with advisers saying tax changes look likely to raise new revenue Thursday, 29 August, 2013, 5:59am Olga Wong olga.wong@scmp.com Most Popular Viewed Shared Commented It’s true, Hong Kong’s a better place to live than Continue Reading →
Wildfires Projected to Worsen With Climate Change Aug. 28, 2013 — Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states. Share This: 5 The Harvard team’s study suggests wildfire Continue Reading →
Fukushima Radioactive Plume to Reach US in 3 Years Aug. 28, 2013 — The radioactive ocean plume from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster will reach the shores of the US within three years from the date of the incident but is likely to be harmless according to new paper in the journal Deep-Sea Research Continue Reading →
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than Previously Thought Aug. 28, 2013 — The world’s largest ice sheet could be more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than previously thought, according to new research from Durham University. Share This: 24 A team from the Department of Geography used declassified Continue Reading →