Generation Less: How Australia is Cheating the Young

'A country that makes no room for the young is a country that will forfeit a fair future. This must not become Australia.'

Today's young Australians are the first generation since the Great Depression to be worse off than their parents. In our efforts to prepare for the challenges of an ageing population, we have inadvertently disadvantaged and disempowered our youth. And so, just as we have seen a growing gap between rich and poor over recent decades, we're beginning to see young and old pull apart in ways that will wear at our community's common bonds.

It's time to decide what kind of future we want for this country. One where young Australians have the same opportunities to build stable, secure lives as their parents and grandparents enjoyed before them? If we want to be a country that does right by its old without making second-class citizens of the young, we first need to recognise where we're going wrong. Then we need to find the will to fix it.

Bold and convincing, Generation Less outlines the issues affecting the wealth and wellbeing of young Australians, and provides a blueprint for a fairer future. It is a must-read for all Australians, a caution call for young and old alike.