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The Intergenerational Report and Health Budgets

Blog post by Mark Butler
posted: Wednesday Feb 03, 2010, 9:00am

This week, the Treasurer Wayne Swan released the 2010 Intergenerational Report. The Report confirms what we’ve known for sometime: Australia’s population is ageing and the percentage of our population aged over 65 years is projected to grow dramatically over the next 40 years. 

The ageing of our population means that a smaller proportion of people in the workforce will need to support a larger group of retirees. A big slice of that support will take the form of health and aged care services.

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Launch of the 2010 Intergenerational Report (News)

This is the text of Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's speech to the National Press Club to launch the 'Australia to 2050; Future Challenges' report.

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Thank you for coming along to the Press Club today – a forum which has played such an important role in chronicling the extraordinary economic times of the past year and a half.

And as we look back over that time, I think Australians have a right to be proud of what we have all achieved together.

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