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Record crowds lapped up the good times at Laneway in 2024.

OK Zoomers, it’s time to quit the cringe. Let’s dance

Young people have become too self-conscious about cutting loose on the dance floor. It’s not healthy.

  • Sarah Macdonald

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Karina Joyce is a member of what researchers call the “sandwich generation”.

With ageing parents, kids and jobs, life for the ‘sandwich generation’ is no picnic

The term “sandwich generation” refers to anyone whose children and ageing parents need simultaneous support. Research shows the cohort finds it stressful to juggle their lives with supporting those they love.

  • Wendy Tuohy
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Why Gen X is the real loser generation

Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s.

  • The Economist
An Earlybirds event in full swing in Providence, Rhode Island.

Party ’til the break of 10pm: Inside the club ‘for women who have things to do next morning’

A new “safe, judgment free” club is giving Gen X women the chance to recapture lost youth and tear it up on the dance floor.

  • Maggie Bullock
Jessica Rowe with her two daughters, Allegra and Giselle Overton.

The hardest part about parenting teenagers isn’t the awkward conversations, it’s this

I’m still struggling with the letting go that comes as your children get older.

  • Jessica Rowe

Gen Zs, Millennials, Boomers. Is it all just silly talk? Not at this election

Baby Boomers and their elders are outnumbered by Millennials and Gen Zs at this election. What does the shift mean for politics? And who invented “generations” anyway?

  • Angus Holland
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Generation X was promised technology would bring hoverboards and flying cars. The reality has been different.

‘Adapt or die’: How tech disrupted Generation X careers

In the Back to the Future trilogy, Generation X was promised technology would bring hoverboards and flying cars. Reality instead has brought Zoom meetings and career frustration.

  • Chris Zappone
Gender roles.

Australian Gen Z men more conservative than forebears

Those aged 15 to 24 are more likely to embrace traditional gender roles than Millennials or Gen X.

  • Millie Muroi
Once the darling of social media and a powerful tool for mobilising the masses, the humble #hashtag must now only be used ironically, preferably not at all.

The one thing that separates old and young people online

Once the darling of social media and a powerful tool for mobilising the masses, the #hashtag must now be used only ironically, or preferably not at all unless you’re a parent.

  • Thomas Mitchell
The great Australian dream is rapidly drifting out of reach.

Here’s the real housing crisis – my kids might never leave home

The only place where the lack of affordable housing is being seriously tackled is within the four walls of family homes, and it’s not a pretty sight.

  • Rosie Beaumont

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