Inside Politics: This is a snapshot of Australia in 2060. And it’s terrifying - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

An ageing population, declining living standards, and a climate that is getting hellishly hot - these are just some the bleak takeaways from Australia’s latest Intergenerational Report.

According to the report, there will be forty million people in Australia by 2060 and the main spending pressures on the Budget will grow from one-third to one half of all Commonwealth government spending.

Today, senior economics reporter Shane Wright and chief political correspondent David Crowe on Australia’s possibly terrifying future.

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