Damned if you work, damned if you retire: The Baby Boomers stuck in a catch-22

The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 16, 2026

It’s a generation that has been defined by a fat-cat minority – but Boomers are increasingly working well past retirement age.

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The couple moved to Melbourne around 2020 and paid $26 million for a Toorak mansion. They also splashed out $13 million on a “modest” Byron Bay pad.

Is Karl Stefanovic now Australia’s most famous small business owner?

Oct 15, 2026

Is Karl Stefanovic now Australia’s most famous small business owner?

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Scheduling a 4.55pm meeting on Friday should be a workplace offence

Oct 15, 2026

Scheduling a 4.55pm meeting on Friday should be a workplace offence

If you want to work 10 or 12-hour days, go for it. But don’t force it on others and, for goodness’ (and your own) sake, leave Friday exempt.

Priscilla star Marney McQueen sells Wyong’s Royal for $22m, heads to Melb

Oct 15, 2026

Priscilla star Marney McQueen sells Wyong’s Royal for $22m, heads to Melb

Actress and pub owner Marney McQueen and her husband Frank Arangio are moving to Melbourne after selling their Central Coast pub for a whopping $22 million.

Corporate cop makes explosive claims about former Super Retail boss’ ‘intimate’ relationship

Oct 15, 2026

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ASIC claims the retailer’s former boss pleaded with his ex-wife to keep quiet about the secret workplace relationship which led to his sacking and a lawsuit alleging he misled the market.

Golden Dragon sniffs out 2.2km gold footprint in WA

Oct 15, 2026

Golden Dragon sniffs out 2.2km gold footprint in WA

Golden Dragon Mining has outlined a 2.2km gold anomaly at its Stella Range project in WA, just 12km south of Brightstar Resources’ 267,000-ounce Lord Byron deposit.

Broken Hill lines up drill bit on huge copper-gold target in SA

Oct 15, 2026

Broken Hill lines up drill bit on huge copper-gold target in SA

Broken Hill Gold has launched 3000m of drilling to test a massive geophysical target beneath high-grade copper-gold hits at its White Dam project in South Australia.

Kmart sold fingernail glue that burnt without safety warnings, watchdog says

Oct 15, 2026

Kmart sold fingernail glue that burnt without safety warnings, watchdog says

The fingernail glue led to customers complaining of burns, reporting to hospital and even requiring skin grafts, the consumer watchdog has alleged.

Augustus circles giant PNG gold prize in Porgera backyard

Oct 15, 2026

Augustus circles giant PNG gold prize in Porgera backyard

Augustus Minerals is chasing a massive gold prize in PNG, lodging an application for the Mt Kare project, a geological cousin to the nearby 32-million-ounce Porgera giant.

Starlink’s growing influence has one big point of failure

Oct 15, 2026

Starlink’s growing influence has one big point of failure

Starlink’s futuristic premise – satellite-delivered broadband – brings with it the thoroughly un-modern prospect of our access being controlled by one man: Elon Musk.

Gateway reshuffles top brass for WA Yandal gold push

Oct 15, 2026

Gateway reshuffles top brass for WA Yandal gold push

Gateway Mining has reshuffled its board, appointing a new MD and Chairman to drive aggressive gold exploration at its well-funded Yandal project, 85km northeast of Wiluna in WA.

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