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Houston ... we have a problem.(political aspects)

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| January 01, 2006 | Day, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHEN ASTRONAUT Jack Swigert uttered the words, "Houston ... we have a problem," he could not have comprehended either the gravity of the situation on board his spacecraft, nor the way in which those words, later immortalised by Tom Hanks in the film Apollo 13, would come into common usage as a cry for help in stressful circumstances.

Although the circumstances may be quite different, young Australians are experiencing unprecedented stress brought about by a collapse in housing affordability. There has been a transfer of wealth from the twenty and thirty-year-olds of Australia to their parents, of unparallelled proportions, and with extremely serious consequences ...

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