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Year of living neighbourly: Australians looking across the back fence for friendship
Monday March 29, 2021
The pandemic has forced major cultural shifts in the space of a year that have seen Australians become more community minded, wealthier and more concerned about their physical and mental health.
Suncorp said there had been a shift in neighbourly attitudes. In 2020, almost a quarter (23 per cent) of Australians didn’t communicate with their neighbours. A year later 42 per cent of Australians now had a closer relationship across the fence.
Its survey of about 1000 people also found about 63 per cent were happier, or would be happier, speaking with their…
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