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Private health insurance patients face soaring out-of-pocket costs with specialist surgeons charging wildly different fees for identical procedures, forcing many to delay urgent care. A Sydney council's proposal to charge vendors for hosting events in public parks has sparked controversy among small businesses. Australia's birth rate has dropped to a record low, with single-child families becoming more common and one in four women aged 18 to 45 choosing to remain child-free due to housing affordability and cost-of-living concerns.

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