Australia's first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it's harder than counting GDP
- Written by Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL

In an implicit admission that the Commonwealth budget may not measure what really matters, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to release what he is calling “Measuring What Matters” – Australia’s first national wellbeing framework.
The statement was to have been released as part of this year’s May budget,...