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The statue of Captain James Cook in Randwick has been vandalised for the second time in 12 months.

Not celebrating Australia Day shouldn’t mean discounting our good fortune

While older Australians could learn from my generation’s compassion, it’s clear that Gen Z-ers could learn from them, too. Namely, about national pride.

  • Daniel Cash

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Why the bank of mum and dad is branching out beyond home loans

The unofficial banking system known as the bank of mum and dad appears to be growing more crucial as younger people are squeezed by high costs.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese: the election campaign has unofficially begun.

‘Weak’ or ‘nasty’ are uninspiring choices at the ballot box

The shortcomings of both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are obvious for all to see, a reader writes.

Intergenerational wealth transfers could become the deciding factor of young people entering the housing market.

Sara’s parents own two homes, but she won’t buy until she’s 80. Here’s why

Young Sydneysiders on the wrong side of a $3.5 trillion wealth transfer are staring down decades of housing pain.

  • Kayla Olaya, Daniel Lo Surdo and Cindy Yin

How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse

Cashed-up grandparents are driving private education fees ever higher. It’s just another degree of stratification for our dysfunctional school system.

  • Jordan Baker
Nevermind, Gen X is doing fine.

From grunge to Grange: How Gen X became wealthier homeowners than Boomers

Baby Boomer households, with average net worth of $2.3 million, are no longer king of the pack when it comes to property and shares.

  • Millie Muroi and Matt Wade
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Many millennial parents are trying to create stronger boundaries with their parents in adulthood.

Millennials are changing the grandparenting rules – and not always for the better

One word has had a constant presence in recent online conversations about family dynamics: boundaries.

  • Zoya Patel

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

An aide-memoire is all very well – until you make the wrong connection.

  • Anson Cameron
Lily Arthur, now 74, has spent decades fighting for justice. When she was pregnant at 16, “my arrest had been unlawful, my detainment illegal, and the forced removal of my child a crime”.

‘I’m angry’: Lily was 17 when her baby was taken. Now, she’s asking the UN to help

Lily Arthur was one of the young, vulnerable women coerced into giving up their babies for adoption mid-last century. Now, she’s taking her fight for justice to Geneva.

  • Megan Norris
Gwenda Darling, a x year old Palawi woman living with frontotemporal dementia, is passionate about the sexual rights of those living in aged care.

‘It’s not inappropriate’: Why adults with dementia are often shamed for sex

Baby Boomers are set to dominate aged care in the next decade. As the generation of free love, their expectations around sex means providers need to change.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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