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Australia's happiness divide has been revealed — and one worry stands out (www.sbs.com.au)
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Australians are anxious about money — and losing faith things will get better. That's according to a major new survey of more than 15,000 Australians which has found that cost of living pressure isn't just the nation's top worry — it's also bleeding into how hopeful people feel about the future.

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[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

My personal feeling is life got stretched wider, the poorest got poorer and the richest got richer, and more people are stretched out like gum between. Not just population increases, the homelessness, and the "dregs" (maybe hopelessness) are more. But there's plenty of people riding the stretch the other way with house ownership protecting those who have, and have more.

I've felt lucky, I've always been employed and finding more better work, I already owned by tiny flat. Because of that I'm basically the same but I'm watching everyone around me disappear one way or the other. Financially and politically.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    I often think about the street I lived on when I was very young. All newish houses. My father was an electrician. Up the road was a young barber with a stay at home wife and 2 young kids. A bit further on was a married couple, both doctors, no kids. All on the same street. Similar houses and lifestyles. Can't imagine that these days.

    I have a long and varied employment history, but I've been a construction labourer, a software developer, a meter reader, and currently a structural engineer for the last 5 years (yes I have multiple university degrees), and I've never been poorer.

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