MARK BURRY

To the sea or the trees? More Australians are choosing country life

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/02/to-the-sea-or-the-trees-more-australians-are-choosing-country-life

Almost 60,000 Australians live in caravans (Guardian)

The majority of Australians still live in houses, but alternative living arrangements are on the rise: 58,155 filled out the census from a caravan, while 29,369 people were in a cabin or a houseboat and more than half a million were in a high rise apartment.

Of nearly 11 million private dwellings counted in the census, separate houses accounted for 70%, apartments 16%, and townhouses made up 13%.

Two-thirds of households own their home outright or with a mortgage, similar to the rate in 1996. But the proportion of households that own outright has dropped to 31%.

‘Those bastard developments’ – why the inventor of the shopping mall denounced his dream | Architecture | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/24/bastard-developments-inventor-world-first-shopping-mall-denounced

The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/06/google-palm-ai-artificial-consciousness/661329/

In 2010, the film was voted as the best expression of Australian identity. Today, it just feels like a farewell note to the Australian dream of home ownership.

Source: The Australian dream of home ownership is dead, 25 years after movie The Castle was released