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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Patrick Commins Economics editor

More Australians will be dying than being born in 40 years as major report predicts future of lower growth

Jim Chalmers at the Australian National University on Monday
Jim Chalmers at the Australian National University on Monday. The treasurer said the ‘intergenerational report illuminates the road ahead’. Photograph: Hilary Wardaugh/AAP

There will be more Australians dying than being born in 40 years’ time, according to the government’s latest intergenerational report, which lays bare the fundamental challenges of managing an ageing population at a time of rapid change and lower economic growth.

The country’s seventh IGR also outlines how Australia is on the brink of a new and uncertain age of artificial intelligence that will shape the economy and society over the coming four decades.

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