Younger workers to carry boomer population bulge
Australia’s economic model and social compact will be tested in coming decades as it searches for a policy consensus that can deliver quality service and not impoverish younger workers.
Tom Dusevic
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Nation can’t afford Labor’s all-you-can-eat budget buffet
With an election coming into view, poor policy choices mean Australia faces more debt, higher taxes, cuts to services and weaker growth.
Ugly truth on outlook reveals profligate choices on spending
The budget update reveals the growing credibility gap between what Jim Chalmers says and what he does.
Don’t be fooled by Treasurer’s budget spin
If you don’t immediately pick up the flight from Labor’s fiscal spin twins, you’ll lose your bearings – and your stumps.
Low-risk Chalmers opts for continuity and change on RBA boards
The RBA’s new interest-rate setting board should have been done and dusted a year ago, but Canberra’s bare-knuckle politics got in the way.
Out of luck on the budget, Chalmers needs a plan B
Labor’s pre-election spending spree has eaten up the surplus and kept borrowing rates higher for longer. It’s time to tighten up.
RBA withdraws threat of another rate hike
The inflation dragon has not been slayed but pain relief for borrowers may come before next year’s federal poll.
Think things are bad now? The world is giving us a hefty pay cut
A nasty US-China trade war and a plunge in our export earnings will make it much harder to fund social services – and fix the budget.
Our anaemic private economy is in intensive care
Like the Whitlam era’s spending splurges, Labor’s short-term fixes and stimulus are risky business.
Income poor but asset rich, welcome to Albo’s Boomer Nation
Labor is at risk of a revolt from Millennials and Gen Xers, who have suffered the most from the big slide in our living standards.
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