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Jul 2024
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Russel Howcroft on why it sucks to be a ...

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Every generation thinks they have it tougher than their predecessors. But arguably, 30-year-olds in Australia right now actually do. 

In this episode of The Briefing, Bension Siebert is joined by Russel Howcroft, a 59-year-old businessman you may recognise from the ABC TV show The Gruen Transfer, to explain why he thinks we need to talk about why millennials really do have it tough.  

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