Looming budget black hole caused by housing crisis
The federal budget has a multibillion-dollar hole in it because successive governments have failed to account for how declining home ownership will force more future retirees onto the aged pension.
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Jessica Irvine
Jessica Irvine is a senior economics writer for Fairfax Media.
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