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Older, bigger, slower growing, more diverse. Living standards at risk of going backwards. These were the key takeaways from the latest Federal Intergenerational Report (IGR), writes Dr Liz Allen. The intergenerational bargain or contract, which implicitly suggests that the country handed to each subsequent generation is the same, if not better, than the socioeconomic conditions enjoyed previously, has been eroded. Increasing or maintaining living standards can no longer be guaranteed. Australia’s dumb luck has run out.
It’s a sad fact that today, more than 1.2 million Australian children and young people – or one in six – live in poverty. It is critical that targeted support is provided to families when their children most need it, and this is only possible when frontline team members have access to timely and useful data, writes Graham Jaeschke, General Manager, South Australia and the Northern Territory at the Smith Family.
Read more Opinion article June 1, 2022Reinvigorating Australia’s post-pandemic immigration system requires a dedicated, deliberate and persistent strategy, writes Jarrod Ball in the Australian Financial Review.
Read more Opinion article June 24, 2018Tim Gartrell reflects on CEDA's Community pulse survey and examines what the findings say about Australia's embedded notion of the fair go.
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