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Sophia Quah moved to Australia towards the end of high school, and unlike many of her peers, took proactive steps to make friends as an early adult.

Kids make it look easy, so why is making friends as adults so hard?

It’s a key sign of social connection, but forging friendships at the start of university, a new job or a new neighbourhood can be daunting.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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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
Young carer Charlie Dunn Rice with brother Thomas (Spider-Man costume), sister Ava and mum Kate Dunn.

‘A privilege’: What 15-year-old Charlie and other young carers want you to know

There are more than 390,000 carers under 25 in Australia, but their work often goes unnoticed, and advocates say more support is needed.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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
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
“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
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Forget the latte line, this is the new divide splitting Sydney in two

Sydney’s younger generations are rejecting the city’s “grey houses, grey streets and grey methods” in the city’s newer suburbs.

  • Frances Howe
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

Not your grandma’s bag: What’s driving Gen Z’s love affair with this luxury tote?

It’s the simple bag beloved by royals and the Hollywood elite. Now it’s sweeping school hallways and university lecture theatres.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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

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