Swipe right and become invested:What Tinder has taught me about economics

Swipe right and become invested:What Tinder has taught me about economics

Just as ecommerce has expanded our selection of goods,dating apps have opened up an unprecedented world of potential partners,but what you get may not match what was advertised.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Burnt-out Gen Z gives 21st birthdays a ‘make-under’

Burnt-out Gen Z gives 21st birthdays a ‘make-under’

After missing their 18ths and formals,‘generation lockdown’ is turning 21. But they’re choosing to celebrate in vastly different ways to their predecessors.

  • byNell Geraets
Social media is hurting teens,but no one is doing anything about it

Social media is hurting teens,but no one is doing anything about it

Young people,particularly young women,are the victims of a crisis in mental health. But policymakers are silent on the thing causing the most harm:social media.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Cost of living hitting Gen Z hardest as their savings shrink

Cost of living hitting Gen Z hardest as their savings shrink

Generation Z has been hit the hardest in the cost of living crunch as rent and grocery prices soar,shrinking their savings.

  • byJessica Yun
How Gen Z is poised to shake up Australian retail

How Gen Z is poised to shake up Australian retail

Payments giant PayPal tells Australian retailers that they must prepare for a new type of shopper.

  • byEmma Koehn
Karens unite to say comedy show with their namesake takes joke too far

Karens unite to say comedy show with their namesake takes joke too far

A comedy show called The Unbearable Righteousness of Being Karen will play in Melbourne this month,but it has sparked a backlash from global anti-bullying group Karens United.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
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Moving in with parents to save? Here’s how much it could boost your deposit

Moving in with parents to save? Here’s how much it could boost your deposit

Rapidly rising rents are chewing into the savings of aspiring first home buyers,but making a beeline back to the family home can help build a deposit.

  • byKate Burke
Sage quilts,salt lamps and funky candles:Inside the teenage design craze

Sage quilts,salt lamps and funky candles:Inside the teenage design craze

Sharing one’s carefully curated bedroom decor is becoming increasingly popular among school-age girls,as social media inspiration abounds.

  • byNell Geraets
How TikTok,sobriety and pandemic break-ups are changing dating
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How TikTok,sobriety and pandemic break-ups are changing dating

The pandemic trends of separations and social distancing and the rise of TikTok relationship advice and dating reviews have left their mark on the dating scene.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Note to Gen Z:It’s not good to have your boss hate you
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Note to Gen Z:It’s not good to have your boss hate you

Young people have never entered the labour force with more power – unemployment is low and the demand for labour is high – but the good times may not last,though,and Gen Z could wind up being the ones who pay the bigger price.

  • byAllison Schrager
‘People didn’t take me seriously’:How Gen Z is stepping into the workplace

‘People didn’t take me seriously’:How Gen Z is stepping into the workplace

Now that Millennials are hitting 40,Generation Z is getting into the workplace and making it their own.

  • byLauren Ironmonger