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Teacher and crafts lover Alouise Somera, left, and Christina Kelly, founder of Sydney inner west boutique Made590.

The new status symbol for Gen Z is not what you’d expect

Stationery and crafts are booming as part of Gen Z and Millennials’ broader embrace of analogue culture, in which being offline is the latest flex.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Diya Asthana is in no hurry to get her licence.

Why Gen Z are putting the brakes on this rite of passage

For the past few decades, youth licensing rates around the world have declined. Experts cite stricter regulations, better public transport and rising costs as reasons why.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Grace Toombs, founder of June, Australia’s first at-home cervical screening test kit.

‘Putting the sexy back in sex’: What’s the solution to rising youth STIs?

STI rates are rising for young Australians, while safe sex practices like using condoms, regular testing and contraception are declining.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
MIllie Muroi apartment

I bought a home in my 20s. That doesn’t mean it’s become easier

If aspirants are catching up on the home ownership front, why is there so much worry about a housing crisis?

  • Millie Muroi
Emily and Kimberly Russell line up at Mecca on George Street in Sydney to purchase Rhode products.

Hailey Bieber’s Rhode has landed in Australia. Here’s what to know

The celebrity-founded skincare and beauty brand triggered queues of shoppers in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday morning.

  • Courtney Thompson

Are younger generations finding it harder to buy a home? Data says no

When it comes to home ownership, no one will catch the Baby Boomers. But Millennials have an advantage over Generation X.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how

“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.

  • Matt Wade
A majority of Australians now support Australia Day remaining on January 26, a change from two years ago.

Even Gen Z wants to keep Australia Day date: poll

Support for January 26 as the national day has climbed over the past three years and seven in 10 Australians now want to keep the date.

  • Nick Newling and Michelle Griffin
2016, clockwise from top left: Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift, and then couple Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles.

Was 2016 the last ‘good’ year? Social media seems to think so

Gen Z are embracing the culture of their Millennial elders, romanticising their youth as a simpler, more optimistic time.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Home and Marge are now Millenials.

D’oh-mographics: What Millennials want from Labor and the Coalition

Homer Simpson is a Millennial and so am I. So how can Jacinta Allan and Jess Wilson win our votes in 2026?

  • Kieran Rooney