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Expert warns of growing tax burden ahead of budget

Allegra Spender, John Daley and Ken Henry have attended the tax roundtable event in Canberra. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Former treasury secretary Ken Henry says Australia is running out of time to avert a looming crisis caused by an ageing population, including a growing tax burden on the working population.

Dr Henry, the architect of a major inquiry into the tax system under the Rudd government, said intergenerational equity was going backward.

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