Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream.

LISTEN
Watch
on air now

Create a 2GB account today!

You can now log in once to listen live, watch live, join competitions, enjoy exclusive 2GB content and other benefits.


Joining is free and easy.

You will soon need to register to keep streaming 2GB online. Register an account or skip for now to do it later.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

‘Lies, lies and corrupted intergenerational report statistics’

Luke Grant

William Bourke, President of the Sustainable Australia Party, who points out the ‘big lie’ in the latest Intergenerational Report.

 

Mr Bourke points out, ‘according to the IGR’s central economic assumption, you are apparently working (and paying taxes) if you are 15-64 years of age. Conversely, you are not working (or paying taxes) if you are 65 and above.’

 

He says the IGR authors at the Federal Treasury have clearly not left the 20th century and believes what actually matters is what portion of the population is working, not what portion is 65 and above.

 

‘This tricky and obsolete ‘working age’ assumption in the IGR, upon which the whole report hangs, will be endlessly spun by politicians, activists and the media in coming days, weeks and months.’

 

‘Yet as any economics 101 student – often 19 and studying full time for the next few years – should know, there is an inconvenient truth here: Age does not determine workforce participation.’

Download this podcast here

Luke Grant
Advertisement