While the real estate market gets more cutthroat across Australia, rent-bidding apps are transforming home rental into eBay-style auctions. As Gen Yers increasingly opt for renting over owning, apps are turning the stress of putting a roof over your head into a leisure pursuit.

From Etsy stores to YouTube channels, a generation of young people are starting up their own 'side hustle’ outside of the regular nine-to-five. What’s driving these predominantly Gen Y workers to trade their free time for toil, and what does this reveal of their changing values and lifestyles?

The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for the government to give casual workers more rights. As the gig economy and freelance work contracts become commonplace, the ACTU wants to protect workers from exploitation and give them job security.

An uber-relaxed attitude, slack lending regulation and low financial literacy have caused Australians to become ‘addicted to debt’. So how and exactly why do Australians fall deep into debt? And how does this affect not only their mental health, but their relationships with banks?