Deaths to outnumber births: what the 40-year outlook means

Deaths will overtake births in Australia within decades, for the first time. That is Treasury's 40-year intergenerational report — a long-term forecast — released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the second for the Albanese government. Canberra likes these reports; they deliver bad news at arm's length. This one shifts the thinking on migration, health and aged care.