This Month
- Opinion
- Holidays
When did Sydney’s beaches start looking like campgrounds?
Call me an old hippie, but I still believed that respect for our hallowed coastline extended beyond not littering to keeping visual pollution to a minimum as well.
- Mark Mulligan
August 2024
The Australian brands cashing in on Gen Alpha’s skincare obsession
They can’t drive yet, but the spending power of people born after 2010 is predicted to outstrip that of their parents and Gen Z combined.
- Lauren Sams
Why we are surrounded by kidults
In rich countries there has been a dramatic fall in the share of people who, by the age of 30, have attained the traditional markers of adulthood: leaving home, becoming financially independent, getting married, having a child.
- The Economist
March 2024
The five factors behind rising rates of cancer in under 40s
Global cases in the under 50s are also rising rapidly, increasing by 79 per cent between 1990 and 2019 according to recent research.
- David Cox
February 2024
The 4½-hour podcast you’re missing out on
Spotify says Gen Z want shorter podcast episodes and more lighthearted content, but that hasn’t stopped others listening to 4.5-hour epics featuring Ken Henry.
- Gus McCubbing
November 2023
Temple & Webster bucks retail downturn, posts 27pc surge in sales
The furniture store’s chief executive, Mark Coulter, says that “demographic shift trumps any of those macro trends” with more shoppers heading online.
- Simon Evans
October 2023
Australian Club’s young fogeys flex their muscle
The prospect of a head-to-head contest for the next president has some reaching for the smelling salts.
- Myriam Robin
September 2023
How much money do you actually need to invest?
New research has found Australians believe they need $15,200 to begin investing. But do you actually need that much?
- Lucy Dean
July 2023
Generation left: why the right side of politics has a problem
Young people are now less likely to vote for the Coalition than to watch free-to-air TV, while older people are less likely to shift from left to right.
- Julie Hare
June 2023
Australia is leaning left - leaving the Coalition in serious danger
It’s not just young voters who are more likely to vote for progressive parties, older voters are voting left for longer.
- Julie Hare
May 2023
‘Missing middle’ homes would benefit Boomers, Millennials
A shortage of apartments and townhouses in well-heeled “missing middle” suburbs is stopping Baby Boomers downsizing to free up large homes for younger generations.
- John Kehoe
Superhero to launch adviser platform
The online share trading company considered Australia’s answer to Robinhood says its investors are now ready to level up.
- Lucy Dean
April 2023
- Opinion
- TikTok
TikTok is the sound of the clock ticking on globalisation
Compromise does not seem to be possible between the Biden administration and a social media sensation that has America hooked.
- Kenneth Rogoff
March 2023
Generation Z most in the red from cost of living, study finds
Ninety per cent of young Australians have been forced to reduce spending, according to a new study.
- Gus McCubbing
January 2023
- Opinion
- Australia Day
Why Australia Day will just die of old age
Migration and changing attitudes of the young will ensure fewer conservatives with the power to cling to Australia’s colonial past.
- Craig Emerson
December 2022
What you should know about ASX Wolf, and other tips for new investors
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- Aleks Vickovich
The super questions everyone wants answered
With Baby Boomers, it’s all about how to squeeze more in and what happens when they die, while Millennials want to use super to buy property.
- John Wasiliev
November 2022
- Exclusive
- Online trading
Millennials flock to ASX CHESS model amid FTX saga
Pearler co-founder Nick Nicolaides said his start-up was a beneficiary of a desire for security following the collapse of unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges.
- Aleks Vickovich
March 2022
Finfluencers, brokers scramble to adapt as ASIC cracks down
Social media influencers and backers in the financial services industry have dumped affiliate marketing arrangements after the regulator warned against the practice.
- Aleks Vickovich and Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- Wealth Generation
Finfluencer crackdown highlights ludicrous advice laws
Regulation has pushed professional advice out of reach, so it is rich for the authorities to rebuke young people for turning to peers online.
- Aleks Vickovich