Outspoken billionaire Elon Musk has warned Australians about the nation's declining birth and fertility rate. Responding to the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, Musk wrote: 'Birth rates continue to plummet. Musk, a father of 12, has been warning for years about declining birth rates in developed nations, and said the trend poses a significant risk to humanity. 'Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming,' he said in 2022. Despite Australia's fertility rate plummeting to a record low, the government is not considering a revival of the baby bonus.

Source: Daily Nation October 18, 2024 22:49 UTC