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The intergenerational report will prepare us for 2063 – but what exactly is it?

Written by Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers is preparing to release the Treasury’s sixth Intergenerational Report on Thursday.

Whereas the first, in 2002, made projections out to 2042, this one will take us beyond the middle of the century, to 2062-63.

Already, Chalmers has spent some of the weekend pre-releasing headline numbers. More on those...

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