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Charlotte Graham-McLay

Morning Mail: Who screwed the millennials, IS videos show Moscow terror attack, investors shun nuclear power

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Generational inequality is a tangible economic and political problem, with children worse off than their parents. Illustration: Guardian Australia

Good morning. With those born between 1981 and 1996 becoming the first generation worse off than their parents – in the face of rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt – Guardian Australia today launches the first two episodes of a new podcast series: Who screwed millennials?

Generational inequality is not a concocted culture war but a tangible economic and political divide which has the potential to worsen divisions, Jill Filipovic, author of OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind, says.

Meanwhile, Islamic State’s videos of its deadly Moscow attack corroborate the group’s claim of responsibility, and climate-conscious investors put nuclear energy at the bottom of their investment wish list.

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Who screwed millennials? A generation left behind

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as “a series of broken promises”. Guardian Australia today launches the first two episodes of a new series in which Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley investigate why young people are living in a time of such economic strain.

In their first episode, they consult the experts on how millennials became the first generation to be worse off than their parents. And in the second they ask: who screwed millennials out of affordable housing?

Meanwhile, series producer Miles Herbert says it took working on the podcast about what’s happening to young people for him to let go of the idealism about his future and face the sobering reality that the life his parents led would never be his.

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Since its launch 15 years ago, the dating app Grindr has become a lifeline for rainbow communities in countries where being gay or bisexual can be dangerous – as well as a “crash course” in objectification, according to one young British user.

As Grindr took off in the mid-2010s, gay bars in many cities around the world were closing at rapid rates. Now, it operates in 190 countries worldwide.

Not the news

In his new column, Fit for ever, Phil Daoust (pictured), poses the question: Can a late convert to wellbeing undo decades of beer and barbecues? After spending most of his 20s, 30s and 40s underactive and overindulging, Daoust – now 60 – says he’s chasing a (half-serious) resolution to be fit and happy until he’s 100.

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The Mercury goes in-depth on Tasmania’s election results. The Australian’s latest Newspoll results say Federal Labor is drifting toward minority government at the next election. The ABC says 90,000 more construction workers are needed for the government’s goal of 1.2m new homes.

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And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow.

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