Expect a budget that breaks the intergenerational bargain, like the one before it, and before that
- Written by Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
The tens of thousands of young people who were protesting at the school climate strike two weeks ago know that they are being left a stinking great environmental mess to clean up.
But I suspect that many are yet to appreciate that this is not the only mess they’ll be left with.
Australia’s tax and welfare system is built around an implic...