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Life satisfaction has nose-dived among Australians, led down by those in their 20s and 30s.

Every generation of Australians thinks life is worse than a decade ago

Australians, particularly those trying to get into their own home, are increasingly dissatisfied with their lives. And it’s hitting the political system.

  • Shane Wright

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According to Tinder, 81 per cent of young people believe yearning plays an important role in early emotional connection.

‘Yearning’ is the dating buzzword of the moment. But how healthy is it?

Yearning is having a moment in pop culture, but how does it translate into real life? Relationship experts share their thoughts.

  • Courtney Thompson
Many teenagers are learning about sex online instead of via effective parental and school education, according to a new study.

Safe sex decline: Teenage condom use hits 30-year low

Parental and high school sexual health education is failing to meet the needs of young people, who are increasingly learning about relationships and wellbeing online.

  • Bridie Smith
Most people under 40 prefer a text message to a phone call.

I don’t make phone calls, even in an emergency. Why you should never ring someone under 40

When my phone rings, I feel irritation mingled with fear. In the 15 years my partner and I have been together, we have spoken on the phone a mere handful of times.

  • Zoya Patel
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Young people are revolting. India’s ‘cockroach’ campaign is just the latest example

Powerful Asian leaders like Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping are preoccupied by the prospect of young people upsetting the social order. They have legitimate cause for concern.

  • Peter Hartcher
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is not the cause of a slump in support for the main parties. She is the reckoning.

Hanson has no solutions, but she’s winning over younger Australians with one simple truth

Pauline’s party may have no answer to why a generation cannot afford a house, but unlike the majors, One Nation is not pretending otherwise.

  • Jane Buncle
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has faced a backlash over Labor’s tax changes.

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Geelong-based artist Laura Alice.

The young women building their own computers as a middle finger to big tech

Avid hobbyists are building portable computers, known as “cyberdecks”, and they can do more than you might think.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Daughters of the Sandwich Generation have seen their mothers care for parents and children, while working full-time, and don’t want to live in perpetual burnout themselves.

‘Thanks, Mum, but I don’t want your life’ – is the load that buckled their mothers putting off Gen Z?

Yes, there’s work and the domestic load, but it’s the third shift – the mental one – that’s “the heart of the problem”.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Melissa Hoyer and her dog, Scout. Burglars “take the quiet assumption that you’re safe while you sleep”.

Gen Zs are choosing JOMO over FOMO. I think they’re onto something

There’s a quiet, very confident counter-movement happening in living rooms and on sofas everywhere. And I’m all in.

  • Melissa Hoyer