US dominance is being challenged – how will it affect us?
In this time of global turbulence, our Australian freedoms and prosperity are on the line. Can we maintain our lifestyle without a fight? Perhaps not.
In this time of global turbulence, our Australian freedoms and prosperity are on the line. Can we maintain our lifestyle without a fight? Perhaps not.
Sydney and Melbourne are forecast to hit nearly 8 million in the latest ABS survey, but it’s those born between 1981 and 1996 that are changing the way we live.
If you spent a lifetime working and paying taxes in Victoria only to chase the sunshine and retire to Queensland, what services can you rightfully expect?
Back in the land before time, before the internet, back when the baby boomers were young, a strange ritual took place from time to time in lounge rooms.
There was a time when I regarded my childhood experience growing up in public housing in country Victoria as being deprived. How wrong I was.
Not only are we living longer but the way we conduct our lives into retirement is changing, so how prepared are we for the transition? Not very well, it would appear.
There are many ways modern prosperity hascreated a better quality of life. But there are some things – like a kid-friendly, far-from-perfect garden – that we seem to be leaving behind.
How can a workforce without exposure to the lives of everyday Australians make truly informed decisions about this same community?
My message to kids is to speak up: ask grandparents whatever you want to know. And to grandparents: your job is to instil endless wonder, curiosity and awe in your stories.
The nation is on the cusp of a new era – and our rising population will drive us there.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/bernard-salt/page/8