Australians $14,500 poorer than Costello forecast in 2002
An analysis of Australia's 2002 Intergenerational Report reveals that real income is $14,500 lower than initial projections. The report attributes this shortfall to stagnant productivity growth, which the government has allegedly masked through increased immigration.
Why it matters
It highlights a significant long-term economic underperformance that challenges government fiscal policy and national productivity narratives.
The average real income of Australians is $14,500 below the projection in the first Intergenerational Report in 2002, due to a collapse in productivity growth that governments have tried to conceal by turbocharging immigration.
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