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Intergenerational report 2015
— a limited and political view of our future | | Author(s) | Hal Kendig, Mike Woods |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 34, no 4, December 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley, December 2015 |
| Pages | pp 217-219 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Population ; Ageing process ; Costs [care] ; Social policy ; Australia ; Reports. |
| Annotation | This invited article briefly summarises the Australian Government's Intergenerational Report (IGR) 2015, which aims to assess the long term sustainability of current policies over the next 40 years following its publication, especially taking into account of the financial implications of demographic change. The report focuses on Australia's ageing population and the fiscal burden that is likely to result. The authors ask whether these projections of fiscal doom are real, and argue that the IGR is a highly political document, produced as it is by the Treasurer and not an objective government agency. The IGR, in its current format, should be replaced with a much more objective, transparent and whole-of-government report to the Australian public on a baseline fiscal, economic and social outlook over the longer term. Such a document would serve as a platform for debating a real agenda of productivity reforms that would meet looming policy challenges. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160205214 A |
| Classmark | S3: BG: QDC: TM2: 7YA: 6K |
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