More deaths than births ahead? Chalmers's 40-year outlook explained

More Australians will die than be born within a few decades, for the first time. That's from Treasurer Jim Chalmers's second intergenerational report — basically Treasury's 40-year forecast for the country. He laid it out in a Guardian Australia Full Story interview on 22 September 2026. I've seen these reports scare and soothe. This one does both.