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Australians happiest after retirement

People are at their happiest at retirement age and most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found.

The idea of “middle-age blues” has also been discredited and blamed on over-representation of unhappy respondents in previous surveys.

Life in older age has been found to be relatively better in Australia compared with Britain due to better weather and generous public pensions.

Read more at Queensland University

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