Politically, it’s a very bad time to be a baby boomer.
It is not just that intergenerational equity has become, rightly, a priority for Labor.
It’s also that this government, which always has an ear cocked to public opinion, is fully aware of the resentment towards boomers from many people aged 25–45 who see themselves paying for their elders while often unable to afford the housing that was more readily available to a “lucky” generation.
When the health minister, Mark Butler, on Wednesady announced the government would scrap the top-up private health insurance subsidy for those over 65, brought in by John Howard,
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