The Conversation's panel expects weak economic growth, weak investment, even lower unemployment and two more years of ultra-low interest rates.
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The report will show that by 2061 there will only be 2.7 Australians of traditional working age for each Australian over 65.
A new global study found Australia was one of only four countries of 120 where there was even "adequate" accountability on COVID-19 spending.
On Monday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will produce projections stretching out 40 years, well beyond 2050 when the government says it wants to cut net carbon emissions to zero
Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it's the role of government to smooth the transition.
This could have been a feisty exchange between two adversaries. But the summit was a calm affair, with each side hoping their hostile relationship could be ratcheted down a notch or two.
Unless we're careful the damage will be long-lasting — especially for younger Australians.
New tax office figures show only 2% of Australians earn more than $211,000 a year.
The Morrison government announced the payment on Thursday. A significant group of Australians will not be eligible to apply.
Things looked good, although we were still cautious at the end of March. Our national accounts are prepared with a lag.
Inflation and wage rises used to shrink the repayment burden. We're being granted mortgages as if they still will.
In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry's life support without blinking. It's time for Australia to do it again.
Only three of the 56 economists surveyed gave the budget an 'A', but 41% gave it either an A or a B.
If wellbeing had been made an explicit goal as it it is in New Zealand, Australia's budget would have been been different.
Had it not been for the global financial crisis we wouldn't have known what sudden overwhelming spending could do.
Never before has a budget done so much to supercharge the economy after the worst of a recession has passed.
The budget is Australia's State of the Union. It's the only night of the year the government sets out a program against which it can be held accountable.
47 of the 60 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society and The Conversation back the Treasurer's decision to aim for an unemployment rate of less than 5%.
Productivity was meant to be growing faster and faster. It's growing slower and slower.
The recession was pinked-tinged, but so has been the recovery.
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, National Security College, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Associate, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National 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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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Assistant at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chair in Public Policy, ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
