Australia's birth rate has officially reached an all-time low, and experts have warned that our total fertility rate of 1.5 babies per woman represents a critical level. So what would it take to boost our birth rate? What have other countries tried to encourage baby-making? And do the Australian figures really reflect a concerning demographic shift or is the situation actually more complicated than that?
Australia's birth rate has officially reached an all-time low, and experts have warned that our total fertility rate of 1.5 babies per woman represents a critical level. So what would it take to boost our birth rate? What have other countries tried to encourage baby-making? And do the Australian figures really reflect a concerning demographic shift or is the situation actually more complicated than that?