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The intergenerational report was sobering, but the reality may be worse

Written by Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW

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We’ve had five intergenerational reports now, the first (IGR02) in 2002, and the most recent (IGR21) on Monday.

Each has presented a startling picture of a widening gap between the revenue collected from a declining share of predominantly younger taxpayers and the spending needed on an increasingly older...

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