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‘Quiet crisis’: Aussie birth rate in decline as consequences expected to ‘reshape' Australia
April 19, 2026
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Sky News host Jaimee Rogers details how the Australian birth rate is in structural decline. “There is a quiet crisis unfolding in this country. It doesn't make the front page every day. It doesn't produce dramatic images. But its consequences will reshape Australia more profoundly than almost any crisis we have faced. Australia is not having enough children.
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The birth rate here is in decline and not just slightly, but structurally,” Ms Rogers said. “The replacement rate, which is the number of births that are needed for a population to sustain itself without migration, is 2.1. So, we’re not even close.”
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