Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers addresses the National Press Club in The Great Hall in Canberra, Australia on May 13, 2026. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images
For generations, the Australian dream followed a familiar script: leave home, find work, buy a house, and raise a family.
But as housing costs surge that pathway is now more the exception rather than the rule.
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