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Australia’s economic challenges are mounting as deaths start to outnumber births. But ‘baby bonus’ policies would be pointless \| Nicki Hutley #867542 Tue 22 Sep 2026 12:05:AM
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 800,656 Los Angeles, USA	Australia’s economic challenges are mounting as deaths start to outnumber births. But ‘baby bonus’ policies would be pointless \| Nicki Hutley Slower overall economic growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It is the quality of that growth that matters Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Politicians are frequently accused of short-termism, so Australia’s intergenerational report (IGR) is unusual in projecting the big trends affecting the economy, and in particular the federal budget, over a 40-year horizon. The former treasurer Peter Costello introduced the concept of the IGR, now in its seventh edition, shortly after the millennium. The idea was to garner support for budget reforms given the challenges that were coming with an ageing population and a shrinking number of workers needed to support them. Oh, for the good old days when the “boomer bulge” appeared to be the most significant budgetary problem that we faced. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/22/australia-intergenerational-report-2026-economy-birth-rate-baby-bonus