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35 rookie MPs are in Canberra for a crash course on parliamentary procedures and how to navigate the 75,000 square metre parliament house. 27 year-old Fatima Payman and 30 year-old Max Chandler-Mather are the new generation of politicians to be elected to Federal Parliament.

The first data to be released from the 2021 National Census has been released and it shows that the Australian population is bigger and more diverse, but less religious. It also records a steep 25% increase in the number of people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to more than 800,000.

Abortion is legal in Australia, but access depends on many things - like where you live and how much money you have. Professor Kirsten Black, an academic gynaecologist from the University of Sydney says for women living in rural, regional and remote areas, accessing abortion is extremely difficult.