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new data show how Australians feel about their lives

  • Written by: Kate Lycett, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University

This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its refreshed General Social Survey. It tells a story economic indicators can’t capture.

On almost every measure of how Australians experience their lives – trust, connection, cultural openness, financial security, even how healthy we feel – things have gotten worse since...

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