Society
11 stories, 106 sources cited
Australians seeing friends weekly fell from 68 to 53 per cent, ABS 2025 survey finds
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the 2025 General Social Survey on 6 May 2026: weekly in person contact with family and friends outside th
Sources cited: 10 sources
Casey social care commission told to report in 2027, a year earlier than its own terms of reference set
England's independent commission into adult social care, set up in 2025 to report by 2028, was told on 29 July 2026 to deliver by summer 2027. A&E att
Sources cited: 10 sources
NSW police recorded 473 coercive control incidents in 18 months and laid 22 charges
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research published its coercive control monitoring report on 18 March 2026. Police recorded 473 incidents in th
Sources cited: 10 sources
Regulators fined Evolution 4.75m pounds and Keno Victoria $75,000 eight days apart
On 15 July 2026 Victoria's gambling regulator fined Keno (VIC) $75,000 after a self-excluded customer opened a second account and gambled. Eight days
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Ofcom tells social media firms to abandon age inference as Australia's under 16 ban leaks
Ofcom's age assurance report of 15 July 2026 found the share of children meeting highly effective age checks rose from 25% to 43% in six months, but r
Sources cited: 10 sources
Australia's formal volunteering rate holds at 22.6 per cent while volunteer hours climb to 618 million
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its General Social Survey on 6 May 2026: 22.6 per cent of people aged 15 and over, about 5,007,000 people
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Canberra put $3.8b more into Melbourne's rail loop on evidence the public still cannot see
On 8 May 2026 the Commonwealth added $3.8 billion to Suburban Rail Loop East, lifting its stake to $6 billion in a $34.5 billion project. Infrastructu
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UN puts world hunger at 645 million as a healthy diet climbs to 4.28 dollars a day
The five agency State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, released on 21 July 2026, found 7.8 per cent of people hungry in 2025, a third stra
Sources cited: 10 sources
England's rough sleeping snapshot found 4,793 on one night. Its own monthly data found 8,010
The autumn 2025 snapshot, published 26 February 2026, recorded 4,793 people sleeping rough on a single night, a record. The same department's monthly
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Australia rebuilt childcare regulation in a year, but cannot yet measure whether it worked
Victoria's Rapid Child Safety Review reported on 15 August 2025 with 22 recommendations, accepted in full five days later with $42 million attached. T
Sources cited: 10 sources
UK spending watchdog finds national museums stable as 524 local museums closed since 2000
The National Audit Office reported on 9 March 2026 that England's 15 nationally sponsored museums took £484 million in grant in aid and drew 42 millio
Sources cited: 8 sources