Next time you’re paying hundreds of dollars for a jab,spare a thought for the message you’re sending
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Next time you’re paying hundreds of dollars for a jab,spare a thought for the message you’re sending

I don’t love everything about ageing,but it has its good points. I want to thrive in this stage,not feel burdened with pressures.

  • byClare Kermond

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Snapchat’s worst feature is turning Gen Z into narcissistic,paranoid stalkers

Snapchat’s worst feature is turning Gen Z into narcissistic,paranoid stalkers

Addiction is one concern here,sure. But more dangerous still is the culture this creates.

  • byDaniel Cash
Cellular count makes the blood boil
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Cellular count makes the blood boil

Content creators make the wrong call.

Boomer bites back
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Boomer bites back

Catching beneficiaries on the rebound.

Spending the inheritance:Boomers splurge on dining,travel as young people cut back on essentials

Spending the inheritance:Boomers splurge on dining,travel as young people cut back on essentials

Young people have been cutting back on items such as groceries and health insurance,while over-65s have increased spending in almost every category.

  • byRachel Clun
Stop blaming Boomers for all your problems – they’re not even in charge any more

Stop blaming Boomers for all your problems – they’re not even in charge any more

Not every Boomer is hell-bent on plundering the natural world,locking everyone else out of the housing market and decapitating the letterbox on their way down the driveway.

  • byGary Newman
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Boomers are afraid to sell the family home and downsize. Can you blame us?

Boomers are afraid to sell the family home and downsize. Can you blame us?

Until I sat filling yet another box with the contents of yet another bookshelf,it had not struck me that my life now is about getting smaller.

  • byJane Caro
What a way to start Easter – a plan to smash the nest-egg

What a way to start Easter – a plan to smash the nest-egg

One way to limit the budgetary cost of superannuation is to make its sole purpose to allow people to live comfortably in retirement. That’s not what’s going on now.

  • byRoss Gittins
Most Baby Boomers have had a dream run and should pay more for their aged care
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Most Baby Boomers have had a dream run and should pay more for their aged care

The cost of aged care will grow hugely in the coming decade. Older Australians,who have the means to pay more for their own care,should do so.

  • byRoss Gittins
Wealthy would pay at least $20 a day more in aged care overhaul

Wealthy would pay at least $20 a day more in aged care overhaul

An expert taskforce has told the Albanese government that taxpayers should fully cover the care costs of older Australians,but not certain living expenses.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
I’m a soft-handed,coddled Zoomer. Boomers,teach us how to cope
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I’m a soft-handed,coddled Zoomer. Boomers,teach us how to cope

Sure,my “snowflake generation” may need mental health breaks,but Boomers could buy a house before they were 25. And where they got Donald Bradman,we got Donald Trump.

  • byDaniel Cash