You can tell a lot about a country by what its men are doing with their afternoons off. And right now, a record number of Australian blokes are spending them at the urologist, having a very permanent conversation about their future. New research from Adelaide University has found that vasectomies are booming, and the reasons say as much about the price of a house as they do about the state of the modern relationship. The numbers are up. Way up. In the first study of its kind,

Marriage is no longer the ultimate goal for many Australians over 40, with new research revealing a shift towards independence, emotional maturity and relationships on their own terms.