Today’s younger Australians are the 1st iteration because the nice melancholy to be worse off than their mom and dad. And so, simply as we've seen the space among wealthy and terrible widen over contemporary a long time, we’re starting to see old and young pull aside in ways in which will put on at our universal bonds.

It’s time to come to a decision what sort of destiny we'd like for this kingdom. Will or not it's one the place younger Australians benefit from the related possibilities to construct reliable, safe lives as their mom and dad and grandparents had? and will we do correct by means of the aged with out making second-class voters of the younger.

Urgent and convincing, Generation Less investigates the existence customers of younger Australians. It appears at their emotional lifestyles, their entry to credits, schooling and gratifying jobs, and considers whether or not they will ever have the capacity to purchase a home. A warning sign for old and young alike, Generation Less is a brilliant, humorous and ground-breaking blueprint for a fairer future.

‘A daring and unique paintings. Jennifer Rayner is likely one of the most crucial new voices in Australia today.’ —George Megalogenis

Jennifer Rayner used to be born into the aspirational suburbia of the Hawke years, and got here of age within the lengthy growth of the Howard period. Her lifetime has tracked along the yawning inequalities that experience spread out around the Australian group some time past 30 years. She has labored as a federal political adviser, a global early life ambassador in Indonesia and a personal zone advisor, and holds a PhD from the Australian nationwide University.