For young people,the great Australian dream now means leaving the country

For young people,the great Australian dream now means leaving the country

Phnom Penh is a cool 50.1 per cent cheaper than Melbourne,Bangkok is 41.8 per cent cheaper,and Bali is 36.6 per cent more financially friendly. If you want to save,it’s time to get out of here.

  • byAlexandra Koster

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Would you vote for a 19-year-old? These Gen Zs hope you will

Would you vote for a 19-year-old? These Gen Zs hope you will

One has been elected unopposed already,while the rest are hoping to win you over at Saturday’s local council elections.

  • byKayla Olaya
‘Catch a dub’:Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate
Political Sketch
Web culture

‘Catch a dub’:Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate

The senator made a play for the most new words in Hansard in a two-minute speech,in Gen Z language that came with a glossary for Boomers.

  • byNick Bonyhady
As a Gen Z wanting to get off social media,I lived for a week using a ‘dumb phone’

As a Gen Z wanting to get off social media,I lived for a week using a ‘dumb phone’

I’m 19 and sceptical about the government’s proposed social media ban. But a more effective alternative is gaining traction among Gen Zers.

  • byDaniel Cash
Idealism or exploitation? The online ‘tradwives’ doing everything to please their husbands

Idealism or exploitation? The online ‘tradwives’ doing everything to please their husbands

A wave of young women portray a marriage ideal that includes submitting to and serving their husbands. But the movement has prompted warnings from former “traditional wives” that the lifestyle puts women at risk of poverty.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Prabhat and Neena Sinha love to travel and have plenty of hobbies in their retirement,but they see the effect the cost of living is having on their children.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
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No Insta,just nice buttons for texts and calls:The thrill of the ‘Boring’ phone

No Insta,just nice buttons for texts and calls:The thrill of the ‘Boring’ phone

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • byJonathan Seidler,Nicole Abadee,Louise Rugendyke,Damien Woolnough andFrances Mocnik
Animated films are helping save Hollywood,and it isn’t just kids showing up

Animated films are helping save Hollywood,and it isn’t just kids showing up

Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 have rescued Hollywood from a bleak year at the box office - with help from Gen Z.

  • byNell Geraets
Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

It’s been tempting to think that the goal of every generation being better off than their parents has been lost. It’s not true. Not yet anyway.

  • byRoss Gittins
Gen Z men have a problem with feminism. We need to talk about why
Opinion
Sexism

Gen Z men have a problem with feminism. We need to talk about why

Earlier this year,a global study found one generation of men more than any other thinks feminism has gone too far. That generation,I’m uncomfortable to say,is mine.

  • byDaniel Cash
From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess
Opinion
Budgeting

From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess

While it may make you uncomfortable,it’s an irrefutable fact that younger people are vastly more disadvantaged than older ones.

  • byVictoria Devine