With his party in deep trouble, the opposition leader decided to go big in his budget reply.
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Despite previously promising not to touch negative gearing and capital gains tax, this budget will include reform of both. The treasurer says it’s the right decision.
The committee said it had consistently heard that the current design of the discount “can distort decision making and incentivise tax planning”.
Many older Australians enjoy incomes in their 60s of the average working 40 year-old. Younger people bear the brunt of this support. How did we get here?
The changing climate doesn’t just threaten younger people in the distant future, it’s happening now at a massive scale. But we can turn it around.
Intergenerational inequality is growing. Here are 5 ways young people are getting the short end of the stick.
A new report on consultations with more than 1,000 Australians aged 12 to 25 shows how many feel excluded from society – and how to fix it.
Gen Z and Millennials will outnumber Boomer voters at the election. Does that mean we will see policies to close the growing wealth divide between the generations?
In a rare act of bipartisanship, an independent MP and a Liberal backbencher have proposed properly factoring in young people’s needs when drafting new policy.
Australia has been known for having among the highest life expectancies in the world. But our new research shows that may only be true for older people, with those born after 1970 faring much worse.
In the white paper, prepared by Treasury, the government commits to full employment, which it defines as “everyone who wants a job being able to find one without searching for too long”
Kieran Hurley’s new play treads the familiar debate of millennial precarity versus boomer affluence with verve and insight.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow in Demography, School of Demography, Australian National University
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Deputy Director, Global Institute for Women's Leadership, Australian National University
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Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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TR Ashworth Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Performance, University of the West of Scotland
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Professor of Social Policy, RMIT University
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Distinguished Professor in School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne