The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released Yearbook Australia 2008.
It shows that half of the Australian population is on the wrong side of thirty-nine years of age.
That we are living longer, are reasonably healthy, often a bit overweight, are mostly not having enough babies to replace ourselves once we die, care more about the state of our neighbourhoods than the big issues and continue our love affair with the family car.
Economic inequalities haven't really been reduced, renewable energy is still marking time, and even though most of us now recycle, we still have a long way to go to reduce the amount of household waste we produce.
For all the details on everything from natural hazards through to government and the economy go to:
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