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Editor's note
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Since 2001 the HILDA Survey has been tracking the lives of more than 17,000 Australians and releasing valuable insights into how their lives (and ours) are changing. This year’s data are no exception: a treasure trove of factual information that Business + Economy editor Jenni Henderson has curated into a sharp and revealing series.
To give you a taste: problem gambling is likely to be more prevalent than we once thought and it’s having a serious impact on gamblers’ quality of life; Australian women are having fewer children, later in life, but they’d like to have more; men tend to be more conservative
in their views on whether women can work and have a child; and young people are being squeezed out of the property market and those who can buy are facing higher debt.
A mixed bag, but at least those under-40s have the consolation of youth, and many more years of HILDA data to vindicate their growing anger at the generations that preceded them.
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Top story
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Declining home ownership among young people has implications for their long-term financial wellbeing and indeed for the retirement income system.
Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Roger Wilkins, University of Melbourne
HILDA survey results show home ownership among young people is declining, as mortgage debt almost doubles for the same age group.
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Business + Economy
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Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Jenni Henderson, The Conversation
A snapshot of what HILDA survey results have to say about families, working mums and childcare.
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Jeff Borland, University of Melbourne
Data show that people don't feel more insecure in their jobs now. In fact, that feeling is decreasing.
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Politics + Society
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Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne
Australia will be left behind without adequate planning and preparation on fertility issues.
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Charles Livingstone, Monash University
Gambling has impacts on many aspects of life – including employment, income and wealth. The release of HILDA's latest survey provides more evidence to help inform decisions on gambling policy.
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Clarke Jones, Australian National University
The government seems hell-bent on pre-crime arrest, prosecution, and punishment for terror offenders – while falling short in providing the necessary long-term support.
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Yee-Fui Ng, RMIT University
If we ban all donations from individuals and corporations, funding for political campaigns must come from elsewhere.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
While Malcolm Turnbull's leadership is not under any present threat, the marriage row has seen critics floating speculation about the risk to him if he can't contain the revolt.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
In five or seven billion years time, the Sun's life will come to an end. And it will be really spectacular - if you're watching from far enough away.
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Alice Mason, University of Western Australia
Whether booking in a colonoscopy or choosing where to buy coffee, your memory and ability to visualise future scenarios shape life's most important decisions.
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Cities
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Steven Rowley, Curtin University; Chris Leishman, University of Adelaide
One in seven Australian households is in a state of housing need. A shortfall in social housing supply means some are locked out of the market and others pay much more for rent than they can afford.
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Education
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Glenn C. Savage, University of Western Australia
This year's preliminary NAPLAN results show Australian students are flatlining after ten years of the controversial tests.
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Katelin Morris, The Conversation
Universities have responded to the release of the Australian Human Rights Commission report into sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus with a ten-point plan.
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Arts + Culture
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Matt Delbridge, University of Melbourne
Apes on film once wore monkey suits but today's actors are drawing on techniques of method acting to bring complex, motion captured simian characters to life.
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Environment + Energy
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Lawrie Zion, La Trobe University
The weather segment at the end of news bulletins has stuck to a familiar format for more than 50 years. But the question of who should actually present the weather has been in a constant state of flux.
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Robert Davis, Edith Cowan University
A team of researchers led by Edith Cowan University have surveyed the PNG island of New Britain to see how the bird population is faring. There's good news and bad news.
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Guang Zeng, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Jason West, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
A new study suggests climate change will cause changes to patterns of ground-level ozone and smog – two deadly pollutants set to increase deaths by about 260,000 worldwide by the end of the century.
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Health + Medicine
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Brock Bastian, University of Melbourne
In a series of experiments, we showed the high value we place on happiness is not only associated with increased levels of depression, it may actually be the underlying factor.
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Janani Muhunthan, George Institute for Global Health; Andrew Wilson, University of Sydney; Stephen Jan, George Institute for Global Health
There's growing evidence the location and density of bottleshops influences the health and well-being of locals, particularly in disadvantaged areas.
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