New research found lifestyle risk factors in a person’s early 60s were linked to admission into aged care. In a study involving over 125,000 Australians, the University of Sydney (USYD) revealed that physical inactivity, smoking, poor diet, and sleep disorders ...

Last week’s Intergenerational Report (IGR) release projected Australia’s population to age over the next 40 years – and it’s not a problem. Chief of The Centre for Optimism Victor Perton said it was essential to recognise the future of ageing as an ...

The growing reliance on personal income taxes to prop up government coffers is an “intergenerational tragedy”, former Treasury boss Ken Henry has claimed. Mr Henry, who authored the landmark Henry Review of Australia’s tax system that was commissioned by the ...

The government will be forced to slash spending or hike taxes for Australians if it wants to avoid a widening hole in the nation’s balance sheet over the next 40 years, a new report has revealed. Released by Treasurer Jim ...

Australia’s burgeoning critical minerals sector will be crucial to transition the world to net zero and bolster the country’s coffers and pay for aged care, the NDIS and defence over the next 40 years. The Intergenerational Report, to be released by the ...

Henry Cutler, Macquarie University Preliminary data from the 2023 Intergenerational Report shows Australia’s population aged 85 and over is set to more than triple over the next 40 years. This will exacerbate existing strains on the aged-care system. The government’s ...

Australia might have just recorded a $19 billion surplus, but the Treasurer has warned that the cost of servicing debt and an ageing population is predicted to balloon government spending in the decades to come. The Intergenerational Report, to be ...