High-priced housing and the struggle to afford everyday necessities are killing the desire of Australian couples to have children as signs grow that traditional attitudes towards everything from marriage to the role of women in the workforce are rapidly breaking down.

A long-running survey of the Australian public’s values found the number of women who never want to have children has almost doubled over the past two decades, with both sexes in their prime child-rearing ages shunning the idea of starting families.

And in a clear threat to conservative political parties, the same survey shows a collapse in support for traditional values across all generations, with sentiment improving significantly towards single parenting, homosexual relationships and the participation of mothers in the w

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