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Not only has the Living in Australia study been noticed at the highest level of Government, but there has been growing acceptance of it as an accurate source of data about issues that are important to Australians.

2026

March

The Conversation, 2 March 2026
Australia’s six types of ‘hidden workers’ – and why they stop job-hunting
Financial Review, 13 March 2026
A $500,000 mortgage at 55: Millennials face grim retirement

February

Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2026
Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how
Daily Mail, 20 February 2026
Major work-from-home shake-up proposed for millions of Australians: What it means for you
Yahoo News, 26 February 2026
Do Pets Make People Happier? Study Reveals Surprising Results

January

The New Daily, 9 January 2026
What’s working from home doing to your mental health? We tracked 16,000 Australians to find out
Flinders University Newsroom, 16 January 2026
Focus on exercise and diet after retirement
news.com.au, 22 January 2026
Here's exactly how your job affects your drinking habits
Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2026
Australia is nearing an insurance crisis. And it’s only getting worse

2025

December

MSN.com, 8 December 2025
New 20-year analysis shows hybrid work equals a 15% mental health boost for women, while long commutes drag men down
Financial Review, 11 December 2025
Is a $25k ‘professional buddy’ the answer to loneliness?

2024

December

ABC News, 4 December 2024
Young people staying at home longer, chipping in with household costs and chores
The Conversation, 11 December 2024
Our analysis of wealth trends suggests Australia’s middle class may be ‘shrinking'
Daily Mail, 20 December 2024
How much it's costing YOU to have your kids live at home - and how to get them out without causing a family rift
news.com.au, 23 December 2024
More than a third of Aussies still working from home
Daily Mail, 23 December 2024
The telltale sign working from home is now part of everyday life for working Aussies - despite infuriating the boss

July

InQueensland, 4 July 2024
Young people admit to feeling sadder, lonelier since social media took flight
SBS News, 4 July 2024
Youth mental health used to be relatively stable. About a decade ago, things changed
The Conversation, 16 July 2024
Loneliness in the workplace is greatest among men with traditional views about being the breadwinner
Smart Company, 22 July 2024
‘Men are the breadwinners’ stereotype fuelling workplace loneliness

May

Financial Review, 21 May 2024
JobSeeker and JobKeeper helped cut wealth inequality
Broad Agenda, 24 May 2024
WFH producing economic benefits office rules would quash

April

The Conversation, 2 April 2024
Unstable employment while you’re young can set you up for a wage gap later in life – even if you eventually land full-time work
The Age, 17 April 2024
The chart that shows how happy you are, just as long as you’re old enough

March

The Conversation, 5 March 2024
Hearing loss is twice as common in Australia’s lowest income groups, our research shows
Financial Review, 6 March 2024
How 12 extra hours of unpaid work weekly fuels economic inequality
Mirage News, 24 March 2024
Boost To Health And Wellbeing In Retirement

February

Brisbane Times, 11 February 2024
Why young Australians are more inclined to say ‘I don’t’
The Conversation, 12 February 2024
HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking
Financial Review, 12 February 2024
Gender pay gap shrinks at fastest rate in 20 years
The Guardian, 12 February 2024
Number of young Australians in psychological distress continues sharp rise
Pursuit, 12 February 2024
The 'perfect storm' causing Australians psychological distress
Pursuit, 12 February 2024
More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer
Pursuit, 12 February 2024
Over the last 21 years, the highest earners received the most tax relief
Pursuit, 12 February 2024
Vaping is 'a young persons phenomenon' in Australia
Pursuit, 12 February 2024
Australia's young people are getting lonelier
University of Melbourne Newsroom, 12 February 2024
HILDA data shows psychological distress rising, loneliness highest amongst young people
Pedestrian TV, 12 February 2024
Aussies Are Smoking Less But Taking More Drugs & Binge Drinking, According To A New Survey
ABC News Radio, 12 February 2024
Why are less and less Australians tying the knot?
The Project, Channel 10, 12 February 2024
New Survey Reveals More Aussies Are Foregoing Marriage And Choosing De Facto Relationships Instead
Women's Agenda, 12 February 2024
HILDA study shows young women experience higher levels of psychological distress
SBS News, 12 February 2024
Australia is taking more drugs, smoking less and still binge drinking: A tale in seven charts
SBS News, 13 February 2024
The kids are not alright: Is Australia in the midst of a youth mental health crisis?
Mirage News, 15 February 2024
Marital Harmony or Conflict Impacts 10% of Mental Health Self-Assessments
SBS News, 17 February 2024
The young Australian adults who aren't moving out of their parents' home
The Conversation, 22 February 2024
Working from home is producing economic benefits return-to-office rules would quash

2023

November

The Conversation, 6 November 2023
Homeowners often feel better about life than renters, but not always – whether you are mortgaged matters
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2023
Have four kids, pay no income tax. Now that’s a family-focused plan
The Guardian, 28 November 2023
Successive Australian generations suffering worse mental health than the one before, study shows
The Canberra Times, 28 November 2023
Research finds big mental health decline, cause unclear

September

Mirage News, 1 September 2023
Victorian Women Trail Men in Health, Wellbeing, Income
news.com.au, 2 September 2023
Leading small business group rejects bid to extend super to teenage workers
The Conversation, 4 September 2023
Feeling lonely? Too many of us are. Here’s what our supermarkets can do to help
The University of Sydney News, 4 September 2023
Parents worst affected by COVID-19 lockdown
The Straits Times, 5 September 2023
Slow, ‘chatty’ supermarket checkouts can help the lonely
Mirage News, 22 September 2023
Study links obesity and sleep

August

The Guardian, 4 August 2023
Australians living longer but working in poor health in later life, research shows
Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2023
‘Costing us a fortune’: Australians still failing basic financial literacy tests

July

news.com.au, 3 July 2023
Why more men than women are returning to the office
The Age, 19 July 2023
Home hopes of the big wealth transfer
The Guardian, 23 July 2023
The welfare myth of ‘lifters’ and ‘leaners’ must be put behind us
The Conversation, 28 July 2023
Australians are living and working longer – but not necessarily healthier, new study shows

June

The Canberra Times, 5 June 2023
How to help the young buy a home

May

ABC News, 3 May 2023
Economist slams plan to raise JobSeeker only for over-55s, with younger recipients more financially stressed
The Conversation, 8 May 2023
The case for boosting JobSeeker for all: younger people report greater financial hardship

April

UQ News, 17 April 2023
Motherhood hits women’s earnings for a decade

February

The Age, 1 February 2023
School alone won’t fix financial literacy
The Conversation, 14 February 2023
Success in life is tied to parental education. That’s why we need to track intergenerational school performance

January

ABC News, 11 January 2023
Meet the 'Sandwich Generation' — the growing sector of women caring for their children and their parents

2022

December

Pursuit, 5 December 2022
A light at the end of the inequality tunnel?
Pursuit, 5 December 2022
Navigating the great office exodus
Financial Review, 5 December 2022
Remote working made Australians less productive: survey
Financial Review, 5 December 2022
Most Australians can’t answer all of these five basic money questions
The Advertiser, 5 December 2022
Melburnians the worst off after the pandemic
Mirage News, 5 December 2022
Income equity for Australian women 200 years away, affecting health and wellbeing: Report
ABC News, 5 December 2022
Data confirms young people's pandemic struggles, but reflects relationship bright spots
Pursuit, 5 December 2022
A COVID-19 state of mind
Pursuit, 5 December 2022
The rise and rise of job insecurity
The Champion Post, 5 December 2022
How COVID-19 lockdowns made life worse
Financial Review, 5 December 2022
How the pandemic changed Australia in 2020
The Conversation, 5 December 2022
Australian private high school enrolments have jumped 70% since 2012
The Conversation, 5 December 2022
HILDA finds working from home boosts women’s job satisfaction more than men’s, and that has a downside
SBS News, 5 December 2022
Study shows the pandemic further worsened declining mental health
3AW, 5 December 2022
How the pandemic changed the lives of Melburnians
University of Melbourne Newsroom, 5 December 2022
Our first pandemic year: HILDA survey reveals how Australians were affected by the start of COVID-19
ABC News, 5 December 2022
Data confirms young people's pandemic struggles
Nine News, 5 December 2022
Young Australians 'substantial' decline in mental health during pandemic
The Australian, 5 December 2022
Twice as many Melburnians say life was “much worse” in pandemic than rest of Australia

August

The West Australian, 2 August 2022
Cost of living: The emergency bill a third of cash-strapped Australians simply could not pay
The West Australian, 3 August 2022
Could you raise this much cash? One-third can't as rates rise AGAIN

July

WA Today, 12 July 2022
The ‘motherhood penalty’: Women’s wages drop for up to a decade after birth
The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2022
‘Lost opportunity’: Gender bias stalls progress on closing pay gap
Women's Agenda, 14 July 2022
Australia’s gender pay gap is nearing $1 billion per week: Report

June

Pursuit, 9 June 2022
A Family breakup is a poverty trap for women
Women's Agenda, 10 June 2022
Women’s probability of being in poverty more than doubles after separation

May

ABC News, 2 May 2022
Talkback: Families and social change over 30 years
The Guardian, 6 May 2022
Men take time from female partners for exercise, Australian study finds
The Conversation, 9 May 2022
Poverty isn’t a temporary experience in Australia. We need urgent policy tackling persistent disadvantage
Pursuit, 9 May 2022
Persistant poverty is a major policy issue
The Adelaide Advertiser, 17 May 2022
A good gig in tough times
The Conversation, 19 May 2022
Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits
University of Melbourne Newsroom, 27 May 2022
Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia

April

YourLifeChoices, 18 April 2022
How loneliness increases your mortality risk
Women's Agenda, 29 April 2022
Coupled women with children experienced worse mental health during lockdown

March

The Conversation, 24 March 2022
Stability and security: the keys to closing the mental health gap between renters and home owners
The Conversation, 24 March 2022
Stability and security: the keys to closing the mental health gap between renters and home owners

February

ABC News, 20 February 2022
Anxiety is rising among Australia's young people, but it's not just due to COVID-19
ABC News, 21 February 2022
Women have clawed back lost work during COVID-19, but the data shows they remain undervalued
The Age, 25 February 2022
Traditional gender roles still govern housework despite smaller pay gap
Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 2022
Traditional gender roles still govern housework

January

Women's Agenda, 19 January 2022
Australians are redefining what romantic relationships and families look like
The West Australian, 20 January 2022
More couples are now living apart, but is it a good thing?

2021

December

The Australian, 6 December 2021
Stubborn gender gap in unpaid work for couples with kids
Pursuit, 6 December 2021
Living Apart Together
Pursuit, 6 December 2021
How we've changed in 20 years
Pursuit, 6 December 2021
Distress Signals
Pursuit, 6 December 2021
What's the impact of self-control on our lives?
Pursuit, 6 December 2021
A third of Australia under chronic time stress
The Australian, 7 December 2021
Unpaid labour still women’s work
The Age, 7 December 2021
Young, stressed ... and that was before COVID
Brisbane Times, 7 December 2021
Broke and overwhelmed: Life gets harder for young Australians
Women's Agenda, 7 December 2021
HILDA survey reveals women still do almost double the unpaid work of men
3AW, 7 December 2021
New research finds Australians are more stressed and depressed than ever before
Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2021
Broke and overwhelmed: Life gets harder for young Australians
Illawarra Mercury, 7 December 2021
Income inequality steady over two decades
7news.com.au, 7 December 2021
Key statistics in the latest HILDA survey
The Guardian, 7 December 2021
Women do 21 hours more unpaid work than men a week, national survey finds
The Guardian, 7 December 2021
In middle Australia, rosy wealth data can hide a world of pain
University of Melbourne Newsroom, 7 December 2021
HILDA shows the changing face of 21st century Australia
The Conversation, 7 December 2021
Half of women over 35 who want a child don’t end up having one, or have fewer than they planned
The Conversation, 7 December 2021
Graduates lose pay advantage in tougher times, but overall workforce entrants seem surprisingly satisfied
The New Daily, 7 December 2021
Australians experience chronic time stress. Here’s how to handle it
Courier Mail, 7 December 2021
Women still doing bulk of housework, survey finds
SBS News, 7 December 2021
Report shows Australians are highly stressed
pedestrian.tv, 7 December 2021
A Long-Term Study Revealed That It Really *Is* A Shit Time To Be A Young Person, Actually
ABC The World Today, 7 December 2021
'Alarming rise' in young women experiencing psychological distress: report
Herald Sun, 8 December 2021
Leave home? You’re kidding
PRObono, 8 December 2021
The changing face of Australia
financy.com.au, 8 December 2021
Women burdened by unpaid work load may never see equality
YourLifeChoices, 8 December 2021
Older Aussies working longer as more kids refuse to leave home

November

The Conversation, 8 November 2021
Why happiness is becoming more expensive and out of reach for many Australians
Canstar, 23 November 2021
What is the average age to move out of home in Australia?

October

WA Today, 4 October 2021
Mental health distress levels double for young people during pandemic

September

Mirage News, 20 September 2021
Short shift for volunteer numbers
Eminetra New Zealand, 26 September 2021
Positive outlook increases the chances of a healthier lifestyle