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Alisha Burns decided to have a baby on her own when she turned 38. Many other single women are considering the same thing.

The day her father died, Alisha decided to have a baby on her own. It was a ‘lightbulb moment’

Does finding a partner need to come before starting a family? An increasing number of Australians, particularly Gen Z and Millennials, don’t think so.

  • Nell Geraets

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Brooke Boney: ‘We must funnel our disgust into something productive’

This International Women’s Day, even if it feels like we’re going backwards, it’s important to appreciate how far we’ve come.

  • Brooke Boney
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton says the GFC is ‘ancient history’. If only that were true for voters like me

I am far from being the only Millennial struggling to square my experience of 2009 with Peter Dutton’s era of astute investing, and the lasting financial repercussions of that time.

  • Rachel Clun
The Bank of Mum and Dad is now one of the nation’s largest lenders, with many young people reliant on their parents if they want to become homeowners.

Inheritances are destroying the ‘fair go’. It’s time to tax them

We’re in the middle of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever, and it’s beginning to tear at our nation’s social fabric.

  • Thomas Walker
DJ decks, pickling jars, smoking meats – welcome to the new midlife cliches.

We can’t afford convertibles. So how do Millennials have a midlife crisis?

DJ decks, pickling jars, smoking meats – welcome to the new midlife cliches.

  • James Colley
Pedestrians seemingly no longer keep to the left.

Dear fellow pedestrians, keep to the left, you drongos

Visitors are already warned that while it’s not a crime to walk on the right, people will think you’re an idiot. The warnings aren’t working.

  • Claire Heaney
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Hear ye, hear ye: The young people finding connection in historical role play

Across Australia, history enthusiasts are having serious fun with medieval times through dedicated clubs, and finding friendship and life skills along the way.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
“Lovely sunroom”: Meg Kanofski at home in her inner Sydney flat.

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem

You might think sub-letting a room that fits a queen bed in a clean, comfortable, well-located apartment would be easy in a housing crisis. Not so, but I got there in the end.

  • Meg Kanofski
Outgoing housemate Julia de Sterke with current housemates Vicky Lee, Shanky Yip, and Melissa Monroe in their Newtown sharehouse.

‘You’re competing with so many others’: Inside the weird world of rental speed-dating

10 minutes to choose your housemates for a year? How the housing crisis has made finding a room in Sydney riskier than ever.

  • Penry Buckley
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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