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Australian millennials' incomes have grown more than baby boomers and millennials in other countries

Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Those born between 1941 and 1950, show an increase in average incomes between 1995-96 and 2005-06, and then a decline as they enter retirement.velvettangerine/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

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