Yesterday
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
White demographics did not drive the Voice vote
It wasn’t old, white voters who made the Voice referendum fail. The Yes campaign aimed at elites, and took the rest of Australia for granted.
- Nyunggai Warren Mundine
This Month
Respectful remembrance shows peace is possible
Readers’ letters on ending conflict in the Middle East; Coalition attacks on the government; ASIC’s action against AustralianSuper; nuclear power; and respect for Baby Boomers.
- Analysis
- Global economy
Is China simply juicing stocks to make consumers feel better?
Economic growth is sluggish and youth unemployment is at socially precarious levels. But is recent stimulus designed to simply pump up sharemarket sentiment?
- Jessica Sier
Couple makes $2m selling the same home twice in a decade
It seemed like a good idea to go back to their old family property, but this empty-nester couple discovered it wasn’t what they had hoped it would be.
- Michael Bleby
Sydney doesn’t have enough three-bedroom apartments for Boomers
Many empty-nesters are staying put in their large houses or competing with young families and professionals for modern three-bedders with lifts.
- Swati Pandey
September
The $1.5m sale that shows Gold Coast buildings and people are ageing
Housing stock is being recycled on a key part of Australia’s coastline. But sales that make sense on paper aren’t always easy to achieve.
- Michael Bleby
ASX slumps; Westpac gets new CEO; Boomers drive luxe apartment demand
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Assembly goes into land lease with $350m fund
The fund manager tapping funds from high net worth investors and family offices is aiming for a 10-plus community portfolio with up to 2000 homes.
- Michael Bleby
August
Decline in home ownership a boon for retirement operator Eureka
The company’s new chief executive, Simon Owen, says a growing number of retirees don’t have the real estate to buy into more expensive homes.
- Michael Bleby
July
Six questions to ask your adult kids before writing a will
Not everybody has the financial literacy and emotional intelligence to handle a significant inheritance.
- Nina Hendy
Revealed: Which super funds rate the best – and worst – for retirement
Superannuation funds are going backwards in terms of preparing their customers for retirement, new research shows.
- Hannah Wootton
Australia will have 400,000 new millionaires by 2028
Buoyed by property and super, Australians have become the second-richest people in the world, on paper at least.
- Lucy Dean
My week of drinking like a Boomer – and what it did to my body
A tot before breakfast, a brightener here, a livener there – the older generation has perfected the art of perma-imbibing. Could I keep up?
- Liz Hoggard
June
GreenFort Capital targets $800m land lease portfolio
There’s a growing snowball of players and money rolling into the residential property play on one of Australia’s biggest demographic changes.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Criticism of ‘stingy’ Baby Boomers misses the point
Readers’ letters on generational attacks; the “war” between banks and mortgage brokers; robots and the Great Barrier Reef; Grant Hackett’s leadership; and Pauline Hanson’s silence.
May
Baby Boomers are loving the ‘freedom’ of renter life
Typically, those who don’t own a home worry it might be detrimental to their financial future. However, more Baby Boomers are in favour of renting.
- Katherine Doherty
Baby Boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy?
Recent evidence has cast doubt on the notion that a spending splurge by those born between 1946 and 1964 is on the way.
- The Economist
- Opinion
- Australian economy
We must protect Australia’s free and open economy
Australia prospered in an open postwar world economy. But a new generation has less faith in it.
- Craig Emerson
Dream of the 1990s comes alive at Fashion Week
Grunge, denim and sexy slip dresses were all over the runways at Australian Fashion Week.
- Lauren Sams
Cash splash as Boomers hit the jackpot
After decades of saving, older Australians are spending up. But the wave of cash is causing headaches for the inflation-fighting treasurer and RBA. Can the good times last?
- Jacob Greber
